[Hiring] Contract Reporter @Courier Newsroom

Role Description

The consultant will produce original reporting for our New Hampshire newsroom, The Granite Post, reporting into the Underwriting & Sponsored Content department. The consultant will produce two original, fact-based political story packages per week on New Hampshire politics and policy.

The consultant will deliver stories that connect state and local policy decisions to the real lives of New Hampshire residents, advancing COURIER’s pro-democracy coverage goals. This is a fully remote, contract role for a New Hampshire-based contract reporter (independent consultant) through Feb. 28, 2027.

Deliverables:

• 2 original story packages per week focused on New Hampshire politics, policy, and civic life, with a clear emphasis on how these issues affect everyday people, as assigned.
• A “package” includes 1 source-driven article and 1 related presenter-led video made using a provided template.

To produce these deliverables, you will be expected to:

• Refine angles, incorporate feedback, and ensure all reporting meets COURIER’s journalistic standards and style.
• Conduct rigorous research, interviews, and fact-checking, including outreach to impacted community members, subject-matter experts, and key political actors.

Payment: You will be compensated $560 per package.

Qualifications

• Lives in New Hampshire
• 3+ years of reporting experience in journalism, with a focus on politics, policy, or public affairs (state and local experience strongly preferred)
• Demonstrated ability to consistently report, write, and file multiple stories per week on deadline
• Strong reporting and writing skills, including sourcing, interviewing, research, and fact-checking, with a commitment to COURIER’s journalistic standards and style
• Deep familiarity with New Hampshire politics, institutions, and key issues
• On-camera experience with social media videos, and an aptitude for creating them
• Alignment with COURIER’s mission to provide fact-based, people-centered reporting that strengthens civic participation and democracy

Ideal Profile

• Experienced reporter with a strong background in political or public-affairs journalism
• Deep familiarity with New Hampshire’s political landscape
• Comfortable generating original story ideas and building sources
• Ability to translate complex policies and political dynamics into clear, accessible coverage
• Comfortable using creative tools to generate social content
• Values-driven, eager to use reporting to strengthen democracy and hold powerful actors to account
• Experience working with campaign-style content is a plus