NEWS REPORTER

Description:

Job Title: News Reporter

Job Summary:
The Marietta Daily Journal is seeking an energetic and versatile News Reporter. This full-time position is ideal for a strong storyteller who excels in traditional reporting.  The successful candidate will cover breaking news, enterprise, feature stories and beat reporting to produce content across print and digital.

Key Responsibilities:

• Report, write, and fact-check daily news stories for print and digital publication
  
  

• Cover beats as assigned.
  
  

• Conduct interviews in person, by phone, and on camera
  
  

• Use social media to report, promote stories, and engage audiences
  
  

• Adhere to journalistic ethics and newsroom standards
  
  

• Some holiday and weekend work required
  
  

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
  
  

• Strong reporting, writing, and editing skills
  
  

• Experience shooting video a plus
  
  

• Comfortable working flexible hours, including nights and weekends as news demands

Position available February 2026.

About us:

The Marietta Daily Journal serves Cobb County in metro Atlanta by publishing in print five days a week and 24/7 online. The MDJ is operated by the family-owned Times Journal, Inc., publisher of 18 newspapers, websites and magazines in Georgia.

How to apply:

Send cover letter, resume, work samples and references to Marietta Daily Journal Senior Editor Jon Gillooly at jgillooly@mdjonline.com.

Use subject line: Reporter application