The Baltimore Sun is hiring: Education Journalist in Baltimore

This range is provided by The Baltimore Sun. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$50,000.00/yr - $80,000.00/yr

Human Resources Manager at The Baltimore Sun

The Baltimore Sun, an award-winning news organization, is seeking dedicated Education Journalists to join our editorial team, with open positions covering both Baltimore City and Baltimore County.

As an Education Journalist, you’ll cover the critical issues shaping education today — including policies and trends and the stories affecting teachers, parents, and the broader community in their respective regions.

Essential Functions

• Investigate and cover education-related stories, including issues concerning K-12, higher education, special education, and education policy.
• Conduct interviews with educators, students, parents, administrators, and policymakers to develop a diverse range of perspectives on education issues.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and developments in the education sector and identify emerging topics for coverage.
• Work closely with the editorial team to ensure timely, accurate, and balanced coverage of education stories.
• Strive to provide readers with what we know, when we know it. Be transparent about sources of information.
• Develop stories, produce or secure visuals, get sources to cooperate, corroborate facts, and present information to readers in the most relevant, interesting way.
• Maximizing audience engagement through the use of various storytelling formats, including photo galleries, video, aggregation, and a variety of layouts.
• Taking the initiative to fact-check, run background checks, and confirm information before publication.
• Delivering on time with minimal to moderate supervision and editing.
• Uncovering and proposing exclusive stories on newsworthy events and trends.
• Contributing story ideas several times a week, including identifying and following trends outside assigned beat or topic areas, and informing supervisors of possible story ideas arising from trends.
• Measuring the performance of one’s own digital content through audience engagement metrics and working with the audience team to develop tactics and strategies to build an audience.
• Working with data and visuals teams, as appropriate, to deepen reporting and produce data-visualization content items.
• Participating in production videos and live streaming with the visuals department, as appropriate.

Education and Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required.
• A minimum of 3 years of professional reporting experience (news publication and/or daily or weekly journalism experience strongly preferred).
• Must be able and willing to work irregular hours and holidays as necessary.
• Valid driver's license and reliable transportation required.
• Must be familiar with computers and software, including Internet software.
• Excellent command of verbal and written English.

Salary Range: $50,000 - $80,000

Individual compensation may vary from the target range based on several factors such as experience, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations.

Application Submission

Please include a cover letter and résumé. In your cover letter, please highlight three different types of stories you have worked on along with a brief description of your roles.

Please upload samples of your previous reporting/editing work, such as news articles, feature stories, or investigative reports, that demonstrate your ability to cover/edit stories clearly, accurately, and with compelling detail.

The Baltimore Sun is committed to building a diverse newsroom that reflects the people it covers and the audience it serves. Candidates are encouraged to highlight new perspectives they can bring to our team.

Seniority level

Associate

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Other

Industries

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