Environmental Reporter

The Mississippi Free Press is seeking an Environmental Reporter to focus on public-interest reporting regarding social, political, and systemic challenges in Mississippi. The role involves narrative storytelling, data reporting, and community engagement. This is a full-time position based in Jackson, MS, and does not require a degree.
The mission of the Mississippi Free Press, a nonprofit statewide newsroom, is to publish deep public-interest reporting into causes of and solutions to the social, political, and systemic challenges facing all Mississippians and their communities. We interrogate and report the systems that cause inequities on the road to lasting solutions through a mixture of narrative storytelling, data reporting, historic context and community dialogue through solution circles in under-reported communities ...