Verite News Reporter

Verite News, Report for America

New Orleans, Louisiana

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Date Posted January 21, 2026
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Description:

Verite News is a Black-led nonprofit news organization with a twofold mission to produce in-depth journalism that serves the whole community while training, developing and mentoring a new generation of journalists from underrepresented communities.

Open Position

Location: New Orleans, Louisiana

Beat: Agriculture reporter

Position:

The agriculture and water reporter will work with Verite News staff, as well as collaborating with local, regional and national partners, to tell stories about the region’s rural and urban farms, commercial fishermen and companies that catch seafood along the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico. This reporter will also document the role of shifting environmental and other regulations, especially at the state and federal level, on local farming and fishing communities in southeast Louisiana.

Salary and Benefits: $60,000-$69,000

Medical, dental, vision, accrual of 29 PTO days per year and a company issued laptop.

Moving Stipend: $1,000 moving stipend provided.

Skills: Writing

This position is sponsored in part by Report for America, a national service program that places early career and experienced journalists in local newsrooms to report on under-covered issues and communities. Report for America is an initiative of Report Local, a nonprofit journalism organization dedicated to strengthening local journalism across the U.S. and around the world.

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https://www.reportforamerica.org/newsrooms/verite-news-3/

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