Verite News New Orleans

We're excited to welcome Jasmine Robinson, Verite’s cultural economy reporter, to the team! Learn more about Jasmine: https://lnkd.in/gGDxSHhg

We're hiring an Audience Engagement Specialist. A typical day will involve creating and scheduling content for our digital platforms and leading and executing in-person engagement efforts in and around New Orleans. Learn more and apply: https://lnkd.in/gH6g_UwN #journalismjobs

We're joining CatchLight and Report for America as a host newsroom in 2025. This national visual journalism initiative will place full-time staff visual journalists in participating newsrooms across the U.S. to help fill gaps in underserved markets. The partnership is crucial in ensuring communities have access to inclusive, accurate, and locally relevant information through high-quality visual storytelling. Photographers interested in applying for the 2025 fellowship can submit their applications until February 3, 2025. Learn more at www.catchlight.io/local.

Hiring for a really key audience role for Verite News New Orleans. Take a look and please apply or share with anyone you think might be interested (also happy to answer any questions you might have!)

We're looking for our next class of newsroom fellows! The fellowship?is designed for early career journalists who want to spend 12 months learning from a newsroom of passionate, dedicated journalists in New Orleans. Learn more and apply: https://lnkd.in/gKRmsS2c #journalismjobs

Do you want to play a pivotal role in deepening the connection between the New Orleans metro area and its news? Verite, a Black-led nonprofit news organization, is seeking an Audience Engagement Specialist to join our newsroom team. Apply here: https://buff.ly/48QsGDN

We’re honored to announce that Emily Wilkins, President of the National Press Club, and William McCarren, Director of the Press Freedom Center, will join us this Friday to examine the urgent challenges journalists face across the South and nationwide. This critical conversation is an opportunity to engage with national leaders dedicated to protecting the free press. Donate to RSVP to Press Freedom: Southern Challenges, National Impact: https://lnkd.in/g5kJ3mse

Verite is seeking a Cultural Economy Reporter to join a staff aimed at bolstering independent, nonpartisan journalism in the Deep South. The ideal journalist for this role will be someone with at least two years of reporting or related experience who can thoughtfully develop daily/breaking news stories, deeper-dive and investigative features and well-researched packages and projects. https://buff.ly/409lNep

What happens to communities when local journalism is restricted? Join Deep South Today newsrooms Mississippi Today and Verite News New Orleans for an exclusive event on press freedom in the South. Donate to register: https://lnkd.in/g5kJ3mse

We’re hiring a Director of Public Programs! In this role, you’ll oversee the planning and execution of in-person and virtual events for all Deep South Today newsrooms. Learn more:?https://lnkd.in/gPUMdwZF #journalismjobs