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Spotlight PA currently has job openings:
Criminal Justice Reporter
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We are seeking a passionate reporter to cover criminal justice in Pennsylvania for Spotlight PA, an award-winning, independent, and non-partisan newsroom focused on urgent statewide issues. The mission of Spotlight PA is simple: to hold powerful private and public forces to account by producing journalism that gets results and serves the public good. This criminal justice reporter is a critical check on two powerful institutions — the state Department of Corrections and the Pennsylvania State Police — and is pivotal to our team’s work, which is amplified and republished across our network of 67 community newsroom partners.
Capitol Reporter
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We are seeking a passionate reporter to cover Pennsylvania’s Capitol from Harrisburg for Spotlight PA, an award-winning independent newsroom focused on urgent statewide issues. The mission of Spotlight PA is simple: to hold powerful private and public forces to account by producing journalism that gets results and serves the public good. This reporter is crucial to bolstering our team’s work, as well as leading coverage for local newsrooms across Pennsylvania in one of the most consequential Capitols in the U.S. Spotlight PA has the largest collaborative network of its kind in the United States, with stories shared across 67 community newsroom partners, allowing our journalism to reach Pennsylvanians in all corners.
News App Developer
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Spotlight PA, in partnership with PennLive/The Patriot-News, is looking for a creative News App Developer to develop and design interactive data visualizations and news apps to elevate the impact of our award-winning journalistic work, produced for the benefit of communities and readers across Pennsylvania. Our newsrooms are committed to building a culture and staff that reflect and support the diversity of the communities we serve.