Staff News Writer

Location: Seattle, Washington
Job Category: Online | New Media
Job ID: 73714
Employment Type: Full time
Salary: per year
Posted: 01.16.2026

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Job Description:

The Stranger, Seattle’s award-winning news and arts publication, aims to cover Seattle in smart, engaging, challenging, and surprising ways. Our news coverage holds power to account and reimagines what our city could be. (We like to call it tough love).

We’re looking for a new writer who’s obsessed with local politics, eager to call out institutions that abuse their power, and want to demand that this city be its best self. They should be nimble and able to respond to the news as it happens, providing key context for our readers. They will write for both TheStranger.com and our monthly print issues, and play a vital role in our Stranger Election Control Board.

If you’re a news-obsessed writer ready to make Seattle its best self, apply today!

Key Responsibilities:

• Report and write both responsive news stories and feature reporting. Your writing will appear on both TheStranger.com and our monthly print issues.
• Help produce email newsletters and other news roundups. 
• Participate in the Stranger Election Control Board, our endorsement board for local, state, and national elections—both as a voting member of the board, and as a writer in our endorsement packages. 

Job Requirements:

• At least 2-3 years of experience as a news reporter. Local experience a plus, but not required. 
• A deep interest in Seattle news and politics, from City Hall to the Port to that one dude on Nextdoor. 
• Experience pursuing accountability journalism.
• We’d love for you to be a nimble writer who’s able to respond to the news as it happens, providing key context for our readers. 
• We love a strong writing voice! The backbone of our work is strong reporting, but we want to see your personality, too.