Report for America is hiring: Local Government Reporter Covering San Diego City

 

 

Local Government Reporter Covering San Diego City Hall

Voice of San Diego

Voice of San Diego is seeking a reporter to investigate and cover San Diego City Hall, focusing on the Mayor, City Council, city departments and other leadership. This reporter will examine and explain pressing policy, governance and regional issues, while also highlighting the stories and profiling the people shaping the future of communities in San Diego. The impacts of decisions made by political leaders are often difficult to track, and Voice of San Diego has made it our mission to translate and explain them. This reporter will accomplish this by gathering and analyzing facts through interviews, investigations and observations. 

Salary and Benefits:
The minimum salary is $70,000 and the maximum is $85,000. This is a non-exempt position (paid hourly) and is eligible for overtime. Salary is based on experience of the candidates.

Compensation includes health (medical, dental, vision), life, and disability insurance, plus a 401(k) savings plan and company match. It also includes 12 paid holidays and three weeks of paid vacation. We provide five paid sick days annually.

This position will be:
Hybrid (some days in the office per week)

Moving Stipend:
$5,000

This position is sponsored in part by Report for America, a national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities.  Report for America is an initiative of The GroundTruth Project. All Report for America Newsroom Partners are Equal Opportunity Employers.

Voice of San Diego has been a pioneering investigative, nonprofit news organization since 2005. Our mission is to provide investigative journalism for a better San Diego. Our writers have the freedom and responsibility to tackle the biggest issues in the region. We believe San Diego is strong enough to face its most uncomfortable and intractable problems. But we also seek to educate, enlighten and entertain readers who care about San Diego's future and want an excellent and just government.

Voice of San Diego has a unique approach to local journalism. We encourage conversational, engaging writing. We believe complexity is a form of elitism and that journalists are educators to help residents understand their communities, public policy discussions, plans and finances.

San Diego, CA

22434

Apply at: https://reportforamerica.submittable.com/submit/310201/2025-2026-rfa-corps-member-application

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