Reporter / news editor

Date Posted	February 15, 2026
Industry	Newspapers
Specialty	Not Specified
Job Status	Full-time
Salary	Negotiable

Description:

Nationally known community weekly that was “seized but not silenced” seeks a hands-on news editor adept at writing both engaging features and accountability journalism while  learning to help our editor / owner plan, coach, edit, and design.

We’ll consider anyone from a young journalist seeking a renewable one-year fellowship to a veteran journalist wanting to work toward an ownership interest in our independent, financially stable operation. Salary commensurate with experience and potential.

This is real, old-fashioned journalism, not a sausage-grinder breaking news desk, suburban meeting beat, or video and social media marketing operation. We may seem to be in the middle of nowhere, but there’s a spotlight on what we do, and you will have a rare opportunity to learn, grow, and shine while earning a competitive starting salary with full health insurance benefits.

We believe that hyperlocal journalism is the last, best hope for democracy, and that journalists must be part of the communities they cover, so applicants must be willing to relocate to our quaint, agrarian county with striking stone buildings and two resort lakes on the edge of Kansas’ Flint Hills.

To apply, send your resume, cover letter, a minimum of three samples of your work, and salary requirements to editor and publisher Eric Meyer at job@mnks.us.