Food & Agriculture Reporter

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $65k - $72k / year

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🟡 Mid-level

📰 Journalist

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Grist

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 1997

🤝 Non-profit

📱 Media

🌍 Social Impact

Non-profit • Media • Social Impact

Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization focused on climate solutions and justice. The organization is dedicated to telling stories that highlight climate solutions and advocate for a just future. Grist covers a variety of topics including politics, energy, equity, and solutions, all within the context of climate change. It aims to inform and inspire action through its articles, newsletters, and various platforms.

📋 Description

• Conceive, report, write, and produce stories of varying lengths at the intersection of climate change and food and agriculture • Produce 4–5 stories per month, ranging from 600–1,500 words • Translate important trends and news into clear context about a warming planet’s impact on everyday lives • Track agriculture industry emissions and hold companies accountable • Explain how climate change affects what and how people eat • Examine food and agricultural policy developments by the USDA and state agencies • Report on scientific breakthroughs and climate solutions involving researchers and farmers • Assess whether solutions can scale to statewide or national levels and examine drawbacks • Cover equity issues underlying human-based climate stories • Contribute to newsletters, special packages, and other projects as requested • Share methods and talents with colleagues and learn from theirs • Perform other duties as assigned

🎯 Requirements

• At least two years of relevant experience, preferably focused on climate, food, and agriculture • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience • Professional reporting experience, knowledge, and interest in climate • Track record of covering stories of national importance and impact • Experience finding sharp, provocative angles on the news of the day • Comfort with magazine-style journalism • Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, juggling multiple priorities and deadlines • Comfort with technology, social media, and digital tools for journalism • Proficiency with desktop writing tools and web technologies for news gathering and publishing • Superior organizational skills and obsessive attention to details • Ability to work independently, demonstrate good personal judgment, and exercise ethical conduct toward sources, story subjects, and readers • Excellent communication, interpersonal, and writing skills • Demonstrated poise, tact, diplomacy, and ability to interact with individuals at all levels of the organization • Resume and cover letter required

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision coverage paid 100% for Employee premiums and 85% for Dependent premiums • Employer paid Basic Life, ADD, Travel Assistance, STD/LTD, EAPs • Voluntary Insurance include Health, Dependent and Transit FSA, Life/ADD, Critical Illness and Accident Insurance • Traditional and Roth 401k with matching (vested immediately) • New Employee Remote Office Set-up reimbursement • Monthly WiFi Stipend • Alternative Transportation Reimbursement • Temporary employees will receive the paid holidays that fall during their period of employment, plus 2.5 floating holidays • Temporary employees employed during the summer months will receive one summer day for each month employed during the summer • Generous paid leave including medical and family leave, parental leave, abortion leave, sabbatical leave and many other paid and unpaid leave programs • Annual in-person all-staff retreat (subject to pandemic conditions) • Candidates asked to submit work during the hiring process will be compensated $200.00