ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that uses the moral force of investigative journalism to spur reform through the sustained spotlighting of wrongdoing. We dig deep into important issues, shining a light on abuses of power and betrayals of public trust — and we stick with those issues as long as it takes to hold power to account.

We’re looking for a search editor to join our award-winning audience team. This role will ensure our investigative journalism reaches audiences searching for answers on Google, Bing and other search engines. This involves applying SEO best practices to our work, spotting opportunities for us to improve and tracking our performance over time. You’ll help incorporate effective search practices into ProPublica’s rigorous editorial standards while making our work findable and accessible to potential readers.

Beyond search, you’ll be an essential contributor to broader audience initiatives, working collaboratively with senior editors and reporters to frame and optimize our stories for success across all platforms.

Responsibilities include:

• Working alongside ProPublica’s senior editors and reporters to package stories for our audience, writing and editing concise and compelling headlines and additional copy for our site, social platforms and search engines.
• Establishing SEO best practices and equipping others with the documentation, training and feedback to scale these efforts across the newsroom.
• Using SEO tools to conduct keyword and trend research and monitor performance.
• Recommending search-friendly headlines for stories, suggesting search-optimized evergreen content that can complement our main stories and identifying creative ways to reach specific audiences.
• Working closely with our product team to monitor and make technical recommendations.
• Providing regular reports to the newsroom and management about search performance and our competitive position on stories.
• Optimizing evergreen content from ProPublica’s archive and databases to reach new audiences.
• Serving as the point person for your assigned stories, informing the audience team of findings, potential promotional opportunities, and on-site and off-platform performance metrics.
• Contributing to ProPublica’s goal of expanding, diversifying and increasing the loyalty of our audience.

What we’re looking for:

• At least four years of relevant work experience — preferably in a newsroom or media organization, but we are open to people with other types of experience and an interest in investigative journalism. Strong headline and general writing skills and basic understanding of journalistic principles are a must.
• Demonstrated expertise and experience with SEO editorial and technical strategy.
• Familiarity using SEO tools, including Google Search Console, Google Trends, Botify, SEMRush, MozPro, Ahrefs, Brightedge or similar tools.
• Ability to make data-driven decisions about search keywords, topics and formats.
• Ability to boil down complex narratives and ideas with an eye toward highlighting a story’s most accessible components. 
• A desire to bring industry-standard SEO best practices to long-form investigations and their findings.
• Good working knowledge of analytics tools such as Google Analytics, Parse.ly and Chartbeat.
• Patience, creativity and an eagerness to collaborate as we work together improve our process. 
• Interest in advocating for search audiences, incorporating them into our ambitious and inclusive new audience strategies. 
• A collaborative mindset, stellar communication skills and the ability to work on several stories at once. You’ll need to stay organized and focused, and meet deadlines.
• Belief that journalism and its distribution can be both high quality and pragmatic in their approach to reaching people. We hope you’d be excited to help create what this looks like.

This position is full time with benefits. ProPublica is based in New York City, but remote applicants anywhere in the U.S. are welcome. For those who prefer working in person, we have additional offices in Washington, D.C.; Atlanta; Chicago; Phoenix; and Berkeley, California. Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S.

The expected salary for this position is $90,000-$105,000.

This is a good-faith estimate of what we expect to pay. The final wage will take into account a person’s experience, accomplishment and location. ProPublica is committed to paying its staff equitably, and these ranges should not be considered career limits or caps.

We will begin reviewing applications as we receive them, but we will continue to consider candidates as long as the posting remains live on our site.

Questions? Send an email to talent@propublica.org.

No phone calls, please.

North Carolina Reporter

Inside Climate News is seeking an experienced North Carolina-based reporter to cover climate change, related environmental issues and environmental justice in the Tar Heel state.

The successful applicant for this position will produce a body of news and feature stories, and longer form accountability, investigative and narrative pieces that address climate change and all of its impacts on heat, extreme weather, flooding, drought, sea level rise and the environment, especially air and groundwater pollution and land use issues related to fossil fuels. Issues of particular interest include Superfund and coal ash remediation, coastal adaptation and resilience, concentrated animal feeding operations, renewable energy, Duke Energy, pipelines, environmental regulation and environmental justice. This journalist will report remotely, and travel extensively throughout North Carolina, from their base within the state.

Inside Climate News is committed to diversity and inclusion in our newsroom so that we may best serve the varied global community. We strongly encourage women, people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ candidates and veterans to apply.

Job Description

This is a demanding position that requires sound beat and investigative skills,  as well as advanced writing craft. A facility with government documents and court records is expected, as is a demonstrated commitment to reporting on the environment and environmental justice. Basic data analysis skills would be considered a significant plus, as would fluency in Spanish.

Our News Organization

Founded in 2007, Inside Climate News is an independent, nonprofit, non-partisan news organization covering the biggest crisis facing our planet. With nearly 30 full-time staff members, we operate one of the largest and most influential environmental newsrooms in the country.

We have a nucleus in New York, a presence in Washington D.C., and staff working from California to Florida, in Texas, Alabama and Kentucky, Colorado, Ohio and Massachusetts. Good ideas propel the operation, wherever they originate.

As part of its work in the public interest, ICN is establishing a collaborative national reporting network, strengthening the practice of climate and environmental justice journalism and training the next generation of journalists.

We have earned national recognition for our work and many of the most prestigious awards in journalism, including the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting (2013) and recognition as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (2016).

For more about ICN, please see our About page.

Compensation

Salary range: $65,000-$80,000 per year, commensurate with experience. Benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance plans; 401k matching; and generous paid time off.

Inside Climate News is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and welcomes applications from candidates of any background or identity. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

To Apply

Please send resume, work samples and cover letter to jobs@insideclimatenews.org, or send an email directly to Executive Editor Vernon Loeb, Senior Editor Michael Kodas, Senior Editor Caroline Jones, or Senior Editor for Partnerships and Collaboration Erin Schulte. 

The Cut is looking for a Senior Writer to be part of our team. The ideal candidate will have experience in coverage culture and communities and feel comfortable writing essays about internet culture and trends from TikTok, celebrities, money, fashion/beauty, relationships, and everything in between. 

Reporters should have experience sourcing, pitching, and writing stories while meeting the needs of a fast-paced newsroom. We want writers who can spot cultural trends and tell compelling stories about what they mean and why they matter. We want writers who are eager to write stories that you can’t read anywhere else. We're looking for someone who obsessively follows the news (from politics to celebrity) and knows what makes a Cut story. You should have strong news judgment, a thorough understanding of SEO, and a good sense of humor!

WHO WE ARE

The Cut, a New York Magazine site, is home to the conversations that matter most to women today — from politics and intersectional feminism to work, money, relationships, mental health and sex — and forward-thinking coverage of fashion and style.

New York Magazine and The Cut are part of Vox Media, the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about what’s now, what’s next, and what’s possible.

As a community of journalists and storytellers, business professionals, creators and technologists, we believe it is a moral and business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our organization and media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, and our platforms, products, and partnerships.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Work with and report to the Features Editor
• Write stories that stand out in a crowded and competitive field
• Produce 6 stories a month, ranging from quick turnaround news stories to longer-lead features 
• Pitch unique and timely stories daily that bring The Cut to the forefront of the culture and news conversations of the day
• Closely follow politics, culture trends, and celebrity news
• Actively monitor social media to keep on top of breaking news and current trends

WHO YOU ARE

• At least three years of experience in journalism
• Experience in original reporting
• Comfortable working on stories across a range of subjects (internet culture, celebrities, etc.)
• Ability to produce clean writing under tight deadlines
• Familiarity with using social media and Google trends
• Ability to work independently 
• Experience with SEO
• Strong understanding of Cut tone and sensibility

If you think you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job posting, please apply with a cover letter to let us know how you believe you can bring your unique skills to the Vox Media team or get in touch! We’ve hired chefs who became editors, DJs who became UX designers, and sommeliers who became writers.

WHERE YOU’LL WORK

This job is located in our New York office.

WHY VOX MEDIA?

WHAT WE OFFER

This is a permanent, full-time position. This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life. You can find more information about our benefits here.

This position is covered by the collective bargaining agreement between the Company and The NewsGuild of New York, CWA Local 31003, AFL-CIO.

OUR DEI+ COMMITMENT

Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can show up as their authentic selves and create their best work. We recognize that great stories, platforms, products and services come from people with all manner of backgrounds and experiences. We recognize that our commitments require ongoing work and sustained attention, as well as adaptation to new insights and best practices. We keep our diversity data public for the sake of accountability, transparency and communication. Learn more about our values here, and our approach to corporate citizenship here. 

Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. Vox Media will also consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable Fair Chance laws. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations as part of the application process to candidates with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact our People & Culture team (recruitment@voxmedia.com).

WHAT COMES NEXT

Our recruiting team will go through applications in a timely manner. Please note that our recruiting team will only contact you from @voxmedia.com email addresses, never via text message. Read more about how our recruiting team operates, and how to protect yourself from recruitment fraud, here.

PAY TRANSPARENCY

The salary range listed below represents the minimum and maximum base pay for this position at the time of this posting. Final salary offered to the candidate selected for the position will be based on factors including but not limited to the candidate's skills and experience.

Senior Editor

Inside Climate News is seeking to hire an inspired Senior Editor with a proven track record in editing short- and long-form journalism, managing teams of reporters and working collaboratively with partner newsrooms.

Ideal candidates for this position would be able to elevate both quicker-turn stories and complex explanatory, narrative and investigative projects. A deep interest in, and commitment to, covering climate change, the environment and environmental justice would be essential, with extensive subject matter expertise in those areas an important additional qualification, though not an absolute prerequisite.

As a leader and manager, the successful candidate would have distinguished themselves as caring and collegial with staff, with a strong interest in mentoring fellows and other rising journalists.

Inside Climate News is committed to diversity and inclusion to help enhance, define and direct our coverage of the varied global community we strive to serve. We strongly encourage women, people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ candidates and veterans to apply. 

Job Description

On any given day, the person selected for this senior editing position might be called on to lead a staff news meeting, schedule and budget stories, brainstorm with staff, confer with reporters on story approaches, liaise with partner newsrooms and, most importantly, edit daily stories, takeouts, think pieces, series and other sprawling works of enterprise journalism with great craft, care, precision and collaboration. The overarching focus of this position is story editing and day-to-day management of a reporting team of about six members.

Our News Organization

Founded in 2007, Inside Climate News is an independent, nonprofit, non-partisan news organization covering the biggest crisis facing our planet. With nearly 30 full-time staff members, we operate one of the largest and most influential environmental newsrooms in the country.

We have a nucleus in New York, a presence in Washington D.C., and staff working from California to Florida, in Texas, Alabama and Kentucky, Colorado, Ohio and Massachusetts. Good ideas propel the operation, wherever they originate.

As part of its work in the public interest, ICN is establishing a collaborative national reporting network, strengthening the practice of climate and environmental justice journalism and training the next generation of journalists.

We have earned national recognition for our work and many of the most prestigious awards in journalism, including the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting (2013) and recognition as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service (2016).

For more about ICN, please see our About page.

Compensation

Salary range: $85,000-$100,000, commensurate with experience. Benefits package includes medical, dental, and vision insurance plans; 401k matching; and generous paid time off.

Inside Climate News is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion and welcomes applications from candidates of any background or identity. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

To Apply 

Please send resume, work samples and cover letter to jobs@insideclimatenews.org, or send an email directly to Executive Editor Vernon Loeb, Senior Editor Michael Kodas, Senior Editor Caroline Jones, or Senior Editor for Partnerships and Collaboration Erin Schulte.