Job Location : all cities,OR, USA
About Lookout Eugene-Springfield: Lookout Eugene-Springfield is the second market launched after Lookout Santa Cruz, a modern, community-centric, mobile-first digital news source dedicated to delivering high-quality, trustworthy, and non-partisan local news and information. Our standards are high, as shown by our 2024 Pulitzer Prize win for Breaking News. Our mission is to foster greater citizen knowledge and participation within the community through robust journalism. We built Lookout Local to be a model, and one that can rebuild local news in communities well beyond Santa Cruz. We now expand our innovative model with Lookout Eugene-Springfield, the first step as we move forward with wider expansion in 2026-2027.
As we expand to Eugene-Springfield, we are seeking talented Correspondents to join our team and contribute to our distinctive reporting model.
Position Overview: Correspondents will offer readers timely, useful, and connect-the-dots reporting that distinguishes the Lookout model. Readers know our correspondents through the bylines and photos and look to them for reliable news and information.This role involves working deeply into beats, collaborating with colleagues on both breaking news and in-depth pieces, and excelling at narrative storytelling. The ideal candidates will provide fair, accurate, and non-partisan news, work at the cadence of digital publishing, and be enthusiastic about the responsible use of newer technologies. We re looking for journalists who see the power of revived local journalism and have the skills and enthusiasm to be part of a new team doing it.
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Application Process: Please send your resume and cover letter to [email protected] and put Eugene, Correspondent in the subject line.
Equal Opportunity Employer: Lookout Eugene-Springfield is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.
Join us at Lookout Eugene-Springfield and contribute to our mission of providing essential local journalism and engaging the community with insightful, high-quality reporting!