National Correspondent, Immigration, USA TODAY

Overview

USA TODAY is seeking an ambitious and highly skilled National Correspondent to lead coverage of immigration and its reverberations across the United States.

Responsibilities

• Report and write high-impact daily and enterprise stories about immigration enforcement and detention, emphasizing how tougher immigration policies affect communities, families, workplaces and institutions across the U.S.
• Develop and maintain a deep network of sources, including government officials, law enforcement authorities, advocates, attorneys, community leaders, workers, business owners and residents who support or oppose stricter enforcement.
• Exclusively break news, uncover trends and write under-told stories that set USA TODAY apart.
• Respond rapidly to breaking news and policy shifts, then pivot to smart, contextual enterprise that explains what these developments mean on the ground.
• Report and write with clarity, authority and narrative flair, crafting lively, engaging headlines and stories that translate jargon and captivate a national audience.
• Collaborate closely with editors, visuals, data, audio/video and audience teams to tell stories across formats, including text, video, graphics and data visualizations.
• Use data and public records to deepen coverage, identify systemic problems and produce strong accountability journalism.
• Uphold USA TODAY’s high standards for accuracy, fairness, ethics and audience relevance in all coverage.
• Bring a zeal for innovation and experimentation, trying new approaches to reach and engage audiences.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least five years of experience and a proven track record of writing distinct, exclusive stories on complex beats, preferably including immigration, demographics, justice, politics or related areas.
• Demonstrated success developing and maintaining robust source networks and translating those relationships into consistent enterprise and scoops.
• Fluency in Spanish (reading, writing and speaking) required, with the ability to conduct interviews and review documents in Spanish.
• Exceptional writing skills, including the ability to move quickly on deadline, pivot to the sweeping story of the day and produce richly reported narrative and explanatory work.
• Strong news judgment and the ability to identify and sharpen story angles that resonate with a national audience.
• Ability to work quickly and calmly in fast-moving news cycles, including evenings or weekends, as news warrants.

Qualifications

Absolutely no qualifications listed.

Skills

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Benefits

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Pay

The annualized base salary for this role will range between $83,000 and $129,688. Base compensation is reflective of many factors, including, but not limited to, the market in which one lives/works, individual education level, skills, certifications and experience.

Schedule

Absolutely no schedule listed.