Verite News New Orleans

Do you want to play a pivotal role in deepening the connection between the New Orleans metro area and its news? Verite, a Black-led nonprofit news organization, is seeking an Audience Engagement Specialist to join our newsroom team. Apply here: https://buff.ly/48QsGDN

We’re honored to announce that Emily Wilkins, President of the National Press Club, and William McCarren, Director of the Press Freedom Center, will join us this Friday to examine the urgent challenges journalists face across the South and nationwide. This critical conversation is an opportunity to engage with national leaders dedicated to protecting the free press. Donate to RSVP to Press Freedom: Southern Challenges, National Impact: https://lnkd.in/g5kJ3mse

Verite is seeking a Cultural Economy Reporter to join a staff aimed at bolstering independent, nonpartisan journalism in the Deep South. The ideal journalist for this role will be someone with at least two years of reporting or related experience who can thoughtfully develop daily/breaking news stories, deeper-dive and investigative features and well-researched packages and projects. https://buff.ly/409lNep

What happens to communities when local journalism is restricted? Join Deep South Today newsrooms Mississippi Today and Verite News New Orleans for an exclusive event on press freedom in the South. Donate to register: https://lnkd.in/g5kJ3mse

We’re hiring a Director of Public Programs! In this role, you’ll oversee the planning and execution of in-person and virtual events for all Deep South Today newsrooms. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gPUMdwZF #journalismjobs

We are deeply grateful for this $1.2 million grant from the Skyline Foundation, which affirms and underscores the critical role that local journalism plays in upholding our civic society and democratic institutions. Through the high-quality investigative and accountability reporting of our newsrooms – Mississippi Today and Verite News New Orleans – and our work to develop diverse and inclusive pathways into journalism careers and news leadership, we are honored to be part of the Skyline Foundation’s efforts to achieve a more equitable and just future. The grant is Deep South Today’s second-largest multi-year investment to date (after the $2 million investment from the American Journalism Project announced earlier this year), and is being awarded as part of Skyline’s Just Democracy initiative, through which the foundation considers journalism essential to a thriving democracy and supports organizations working to strengthen the news and information ecosystem and innovate new models.

Deep South Today has been awarded a $1.2 million grant from The Skyline Foundation. The multi-year, general operating support grant will support Verite and our sister newsroom Mississippi Today. https://lnkd.in/gQUsb_B7

We're hiring a cultural economy reporter! ✍️ The cultural economy reporter will cover the relationships that sustain the city's tourism economy, exploring and explaining how the industry does or does not serve the people of New Orleans. Learn more and apply: https://lnkd.in/gyPyfC3j

We're hiring a cultural economy reporter to cover New Orleans' tourism and hospitality industry. Apply now: https://buff.ly/3VAgXTF #journalismjobs

Verite News New Orleans' latest story details the long history of inadequate medical care at Angola prison, the failed attempts to fix it and the horrific conditions inmates have had to endure for more than 40 years. Read more: https://lnkd.in/grbEfNxh