Journalist - Housing (Full-time)

📋 Description

• Break and develop housing news across a broad range of topics — affordability, development, tenant
• Generate original story ideas rooted in strong sourcing, data literacy and a genuine understanding
• Build and maintain a deep network of sources — including city planners, developers, tenant
• Work collaboratively with colleagues on the Business and Housing team, as well as the visuals
• Produce a mix of daily news and longer-form enterprise and feature work, with strong written copy
• Think beyond text — contributing ideas and content for video, audio and digital formats in

🎯 Requirements

• Proven experience as a journalist at a daily news organization, with a track record of strong
• Demonstrated knowledge of or experience covering housing, real estate, urban affairs, municipal
• Exceptional news judgment, writing skills and the ability to tell complex stories in ways that are
• Strong source-building skills and the ability to work contacts across government, industry
• Experience with data journalism, public records research and access-to-information requests — or a
• The ability to generate a steady stream of original, ambitious story ideas and see them through