ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that uses the moral force of investigative journalism to spur reform through the sustained spotlighting of wrongdoing. We dig deep into important issues, shining a light on abuses of power and betrayals of public trust — and we stick with those issues as long as it takes to hold power to account.

We’re looking for a search editor to join our award-winning audience team. This role will ensure our investigative journalism reaches audiences searching for answers on Google, Bing and other search engines. This involves applying SEO best practices to our work, spotting opportunities for us to improve and tracking our performance over time. You’ll help incorporate effective search practices into ProPublica’s rigorous editorial standards while making our work findable and accessible to potential readers.

Beyond search, you’ll be an essential contributor to broader audience initiatives, working collaboratively with senior editors and reporters to frame and optimize our stories for success across all platforms.

Responsibilities include:

• Working alongside ProPublica’s senior editors and reporters to package stories for our audience, writing and editing concise and compelling headlines and additional copy for our site, social platforms and search engines.
• Establishing SEO best practices and equipping others with the documentation, training and feedback to scale these efforts across the newsroom.
• Using SEO tools to conduct keyword and trend research and monitor performance.
• Recommending search-friendly headlines for stories, suggesting search-optimized evergreen content that can complement our main stories and identifying creative ways to reach specific audiences.
• Working closely with our product team to monitor and make technical recommendations.
• Providing regular reports to the newsroom and management about search performance and our competitive position on stories.
• Optimizing evergreen content from ProPublica’s archive and databases to reach new audiences.
• Serving as the point person for your assigned stories, informing the audience team of findings, potential promotional opportunities, and on-site and off-platform performance metrics.
• Contributing to ProPublica’s goal of expanding, diversifying and increasing the loyalty of our audience.

What we’re looking for:

• At least four years of relevant work experience — preferably in a newsroom or media organization, but we are open to people with other types of experience and an interest in investigative journalism. Strong headline and general writing skills and basic understanding of journalistic principles are a must.
• Demonstrated expertise and experience with SEO editorial and technical strategy.
• Familiarity using SEO tools, including Google Search Console, Google Trends, Botify, SEMRush, MozPro, Ahrefs, Brightedge or similar tools.
• Ability to make data-driven decisions about search keywords, topics and formats.
• Ability to boil down complex narratives and ideas with an eye toward highlighting a story’s most accessible components. 
• A desire to bring industry-standard SEO best practices to long-form investigations and their findings.
• Good working knowledge of analytics tools such as Google Analytics, Parse.ly and Chartbeat.
• Patience, creativity and an eagerness to collaborate as we work together improve our process. 
• Interest in advocating for search audiences, incorporating them into our ambitious and inclusive new audience strategies. 
• A collaborative mindset, stellar communication skills and the ability to work on several stories at once. You’ll need to stay organized and focused, and meet deadlines.
• Belief that journalism and its distribution can be both high quality and pragmatic in their approach to reaching people. We hope you’d be excited to help create what this looks like.

This position is full time with benefits. ProPublica is based in New York City, but remote applicants anywhere in the U.S. are welcome. For those who prefer working in person, we have additional offices in Washington, D.C.; Atlanta; Chicago; Phoenix; and Berkeley, California. Applicants must be eligible to work in the U.S.

The expected salary for this position is $90,000-$105,000.

This is a good-faith estimate of what we expect to pay. The final wage will take into account a person’s experience, accomplishment and location. ProPublica is committed to paying its staff equitably, and these ranges should not be considered career limits or caps.

We will begin reviewing applications as we receive them, but we will continue to consider candidates as long as the posting remains live on our site.

Questions? Send an email to talent@propublica.org.

No phone calls, please.

We are seeking an experienced journalist with a track record of and passion for producing powerful immigration investigative projects. We’re looking for someone brimming with ideas for stories that expose the myriad harms caused by the country’s dysfunctional immigration system and the distorted political debate that stands in the way of meaningful reform. Our previous coverage has examined the political machine funneling billions to the southern border, investigated the dangerous working conditions immigrants encounter across the country, and exposed the real world impacts of failed federal policies and the children caught within them. 

Applicants should have a demonstrated ability to execute rolling investigations and narrative deep dives. They will have an impressive array of sources who they can turn to for help penetrating agencies and making sense of laws and policies. They will have successfully navigated the challenges of gaining the trust of undocumented immigrants and will have shown that they use best practices for trauma reporting.  

We’re looking for a journalist who has worked closely with data, engagement and visual reporting teams; one who deeply understands and embraces ProPublica’s accountability mission; someone whose deep knowledge of the beat and sound news judgment will help guide and elevate immigration reporting across our growing newsroom. Ideally, though not required, the candidate will have editing and management experience and interest in working as a player-coach on the immigration team.

We’re looking for someone who:

• Has at least five years’ experience in accountability reporting focused on immigration.
• Aches to report immigration stories that are both important and powerfully told and has a vision for how they’d approach that coverage at ProPublica.
• Brings an accountability lens to the issues of the day through quicker stories reported over a couple of weeks and longer projects that you’d dig into for a few months (or more).
• Enjoys and excels at collaborating. ProPublica has built award-winning data, research, visual, engagement and news applications teams. And we routinely partner with national and local newsrooms across the country. Strong communication and coordination skills are key!
• Has exceptional organizational skills and the ability to juggle many responsibilities, meet deadlines and handle pressure while remaining calm.
• Thinks creatively about different types of investigative storytelling, including rolling investigations, traditional investigative projects, narratives and multimedia formats.
• A desire to learn (or experience in) how to provide coaching, guidance and project feedback to colleagues to elevate story ideas and projects.

The expected salary range for this position is $100,000 to $175,000.

This is a good faith estimate of what we expect to pay for this position. The final salary figure will take into account a person’s experience, accomplishments and location. ProPublica is committed to paying its staff equitably, and these ranges should not be considered career salary limits or caps.

The role is full time and includes benefits. We are open to remote candidates for this position.

What you should send us:

1. The most important part by far is your past work. We’d like to see examples of projects that show how you work. Specifically send us the investigative stories you’ve written or led that you are most proud of. Don’t be shy: Tell us what worked (numbers and evidence of impact are welcome) and how you’d do it differently next time. Show us how you think.
2. Your resume.

We will begin reviewing applications as we receive them, but we will continue to consider candidates as long as the posting remains live on our site.

Questions? Send them to talent@propublica.org or reach out to Assistant Managing Editor Talia Buford.

Our client, Yahoo Finance, is looking for a Graphic Designer in New York City!

Position details:

Job Title: Graphic Designer 

Location: New York City, NY (Hybrid) *must be able to commute to and work locally in Manhattan

About Us: We are a leading provider of financial news and analysis, offering real-time data, insightful commentary, and breaking news to millions of users worldwide. We are committed to delivering accurate, engaging, and visually compelling content across various platforms, including live broadcasts.

Position Overview: We are seeking a highly motivated and talented Live Broadcast Production Designer to join our dynamic team. In this role, you will be responsible for creating captivating graphics for our daily live financial news broadcasts. The ideal candidate should possess strong design skills, exceptional attention to detail, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.

 

Pay Range: $300-500/day

Raging curiosity.
Edgy storytelling.
Dynamic on-camera presence.
Teamwork and hard work.

Those are the qualities that reporters at FOX 9/KMSP in Minneapolis-St. Paul must have in abundance.

Give us your examples of aggressively pursuing important and relevant enterprise stories. Our reporters are great in live situations, develop their OWN sources and scoff at press release news. 

AND our reporters embrace the new, evolving area of presenting LIVE content on multi-platforms, not just traditional TV News packages.