Applications are only accepted through our Applicant Tracking System (ATS). Click to apply: Investigative Reporter
If you’re a journalist who can’t stand on the sidelines, who needs to know the truth behind the headlines, and who’s driven by the story — this is the job for you! Do you believe that investigative journalism is critical to local reporting? Accountability of public and private events essential to our democracy? Do you want to join an organization on a mission to serve the public good and make a difference in our community, while serving the underserved? Then, we are the place for you.
Connecticut Public – a statewide public broadcasting network with both television and radio distribution throughout Connecticut as well as into Massachusetts and New York — has an immediate opening for an experienced, ambitious and resourceful investigative reporter to join a new three-person team dedicated to producing high-quality, high-impact local investigative journalism.
This reporter working with our investigative editor and data journalist with work as a tight knit team but also work hand in hand with our journalists across all disciplines and departments — audio, video, visuals and digital of the 40+ person Content team.
Our investigations will be meticulously reported and produced, well-presented stories on issues, people and news events affecting Connecticut. The team will be expected to generate short-term and long-term investigative narratives from team members, and from journalists across the group. This team’s work will be published across all of our platforms and in all of our formats to advance the story and reach of our work. There will be everything from daily turns to long form radio, television documentary and online projects.
Great investigative reporting, editing and project management skills are a must, as is demonstrated talent for ferreting out and efficiently producing revealing, world-changing stories.
The art of storytelling is at the core of all of the Connecticut Public’s initiatives. Those initiatives have exploded in the last several years, as the organization has pursued a bold new direction within the turbulent news industry: transforming a significant portion of its corporate headquarters and staff into a journalism focused organization.
