journalist

Description:

We are a news organization that has been serving hyper-local news in Queens and North Brooklyn for more than 100 years with legacy weekly print publications and now has a collection of print weekly newspapers, a monthly glossy business magazine, web sites, daily newsletters and social media accounts, which add to our ability to serve news. We have print subscribers and 600 locations throughout Brooklyn and Queens where the papers are sold and available free too.

We cover political news in NYC, typically interviewing political candidates for office. We cover community board meetings and Brooklyn & Queens borough wide meetings and issues. We are looking to expand our coverage to meetings at City Hall. 

We are seeking a regular freelance reporter in our neighborhoods to cover meetings, write enterprise stories and build news sources. We are looking for someone who will write 2 to 3 stories per week. They will be published in print and digitally. We tend to assign stories near your home. Our office is in Woodside, Queens.

 Queens Key Factors in doing this job:

- Strong news judgment

- An ability to quickly understand community, civic and local political leaders. 

- Knowledge of how local government and city/state agencies work.

- You should be a 'New York News Junkie"

- Knowledge of Brooklyn/Queens is preferable.

Queens Ledger, Glendale Register, Forest Hills Times, Leader Observer of Woodhaven, 

LIC/Astoria JOURNAL, Queens Examiner, Greenpoint Star, Brooklyn Downtown Star

Apply to jobs@queensledger.com

What else:

This position involves working outside our editorial offices, however our editorial staff is quite lively and it might be interesting for the freelancer to spend time in the editorial office. If you are familiar with indesign there are opportunities within our organization. An automobile is helpful but not required. If you indeed have experience in leading an editorial staff, apply, and we can have a discussion on a different level.