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The Connecticut Mirror (www.CTMirror.org) is a nonprofit, non-partisan local online journalism success story with huge momentum and ambitious growth goals. We cover public policy, government and politics in Connecticut. Our 27-person full-time staff includes 22 journalists and five business team members. Four journalism positions have been added just this year.

This beat will be an integral part of our broader policy coverage, which includes justice, human services, health care, the state budget, the environment, and housing, among other topics, and will require a mix of daily news coverage and deeper-dive enterprise stories on substantive policy and human-interest issues — especially those that would otherwise go untold. We are particularly interested in stories that hold government accountable and expose systemic problems. The reporter will also write a regular newsletter, every other week, highlighting and explaining the latest news for our readers who are interested in K-12 education.

This reporter will need to build sources within state and local education systems — including parents, students, teachers, administrators, local and state officials, researchers and advocates — and will work collaboratively with other staff reporters to cover the intersection of K-12 education with other coverage areas, such as health, state finance and justice. During Connecticut’s annual state legislative session, the reporter will be responsible for tracking bills and writing stories about proposed legislation that impacts the people, state agencies and service providers for school-age children and their families.

The successful candidate will be able to make meaningful connections between the role of government and the challenges children and families face in educational systems. We are looking for candidates who can write clearly, translate jargon and use narrative and other techniques to engage readers. Experience with multiple platforms, including newsletters, video, audio and other story forms, is preferred.

We’re Interested In Candidates Who Have

• A passion for great journalism that covers policy, government and politics;
• Interest in public K-12 education;
• At least three years of experience reporting at a daily news organization;
• Ability to balance a combination of long-form enterprise and daily incremental stories;
• Ability to translate complex policy into readable and relevant narrative copy;
• A talent for connecting government or system failures to human consequences;
• An eagerness for telling stories in innovative, compelling ways across platforms and in a way that engages audiences;
• The ability to work well both independently and collaboratively with other CT Mirror staff and other news organizations;
• Reliable transportation and authorization to work in the United States;
• Passion for CT Mirror’s public policy mission and nonprofit ethos. We do not expect every candidate to be equally skilled in all these areas, and this is not a complete list of all relevant qualifications applicants might bring to the job. Reaching talent across a range of backgrounds and experiences is deeply important to us. This position will be based in our Hartford, Conn., newsroom. We strongly encourage candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply.
  
  

Here’s our commitment to the candidate whom we hire:

• Annual salary of $65,000 - $75,000, depending on experience.
• Medical and dental benefits, and a 403b retirement savings program with company match.
• Generous time-off policy that includes 23 days of paid personal time off and 11 paid federal holidays.
• Professional development and the opportunity to learn from peers at industry conferences.
• Transparent internal review and feedback process.
• Cell phone stipend.
  
  

You’ll work hard because we’re serious about our mission, but you’ll laugh plenty along the way because we can’t always be serious!

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  Mid-Senior level

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