ProPublica is hiring a
Engagement Reporter

Summary

Join ProPublica's unique engagement reporting team as an Engagement Reporter to work on crowdsourced investigations, gather evidence and receipts for community-driven stories, and collaborate with colleagues across the country.

Responsibilities

• Identify promising crowdsourcing opportunities and team up with other reporters to do investigative stories that rely on community outreach and engagement
• Craft and manage callouts, surveys and other crowdsourcing tools for investigations. Help keep track of ProPublica’s extensive network of respondents to our previous callouts, and help reporters reengage relevant groups as reporting lines arise
• Research communities and get to know people who live and work in the places we’re covering. Strategize methods to engage sources clearly, effectively and compassionately
• Listen for, pitch and take the lead on service journalism opportunities, such as tools and guides
• Review, flag and sometimes follow up on promising tips that come in through ProPublica’s newsroom tip lines. Identify themes and promising angles
• Develop relationships with long-term community sources, such as union stewards, members of the clergy, Reddit moderators, petition managers and other local leaders
• Collaborate with national, local and specialty reporting teams across ProPublica and in our many partner newsrooms, including through our Local Reporting Network
• Brainstorm the biggest ideas you can imagine with a team of the most creative engagement journalists in the country