Parliament Hill Reporter

Village Media Inc.

$65K — $100K *
Media
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Proven ability to break enterprising accountability-focused news stories
  • Experience covering federal politics is preferred
  • Background in municipal and provincial government press galleries is advantageous
  • Ability to work nights and weekends as required
  • Reside in the National Capital Region or nearby commuting distance

Responsibilities

  • Report federal political news for Ontario local news websites and political insiders
  • Develop sources and access documents to uncover news exclusives
  • Participate in peer-editing for accuracy, readability, and adherence to Canadian Press style

Benefits

  • Flexible remote work options when the House is not in session
  • Collaborative team environment under the bureau chief's direction
  • Opportunity to cover impactful federal political journalism
  • Work at a well-regarded Ontario-focused news outlet
  • Engage with a network of local news platforms across Ontario
Full Job Description
Village Media is seeking political journalists to join a new Parliament Hill bureau of The Trillium.

The Trillium is Village Media's Ontario political news website. For the past three years, The Trillium has been devoted to Ontario provincial political news and has developed a reputation for impactful accountability-focused journalism at Queen's Park. Now, we're expanding to Parliament Hill to bring hard-hitting, enterprising federal political news to our readers across Ontario.

Reporting to The Trillium's Ottawa bureau chief, the reporters will be responsible for covering federal political news for The Trillium and Village Media's network of Ontario local news outlets.

The successful candidate will be passionate about breaking news that serves Ontario voters, holds governments to account and doesn't follow the pack. The reporter will be expected to go beyond the daily news cycle by developing sources and accessing documents that lead to exclusives. They will be team-oriented and work collaboratively under the bureau chief's direction.

This role will be primarily in-office and on Parliament Hill, with flexibility for some remote work when the House rises.

Responsibilities:
  • Reporting federal political news stories for readers of Village Media's network of local news websites across Ontario, and for political insiders who subscribe to The Trillium
  • Developing sources and accessing documents to break federal political news stories
  • Participating in the peer-editing of the bureau's stories for accuracy, readability and Canadian Press style

Qualifications
  • A proven ability to break enterprising accountability-focused news stories
  • Experience covering federal politics is an advantage, as is experience in municipal and provincial government press galleries
  • The ability to work some nights and weekends when required
  • Reside in the National Capital Region or within commuting distance

Salary Range: $65,000 - $100,000

If this sounds like the perfect position for you, we would love to hear from you! To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume, along with relevant samples of your work.

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