[Hiring] Freelance Reporter @Courier Newsroom

Role Description

The freelancer will produce original political reporting for our Colorado newsroom, Courier Colorado on a story-by-story basis. The reporter will deliver stories that connect federal, state, and local policy decisions to the real lives of Colorado residents, advancing COURIER’s pro-democracy coverage goals.

• Up to 6 stories per month focused on Colorado politics, policy, and civic life, with a clear emphasis on how these issues affect everyday people, as assigned.
• 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: $500 a story for stories between 500-700 words.

Qualifications

• Lives in Colorado.
• 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 well-researched, thoroughly reported stories.
• 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 Colorado’s politics, institutions, and key issues.
• Alignment with COURIER’s mission to provide fact-based, people-centered reporting that strengthens civic participation and democracy.

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer.
• Encouragement for women, people of color, individuals with disabilities, LGBTQ+ candidates, and those from all backgrounds to apply.