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Freelance Reporter, Colorado

Courier Newsroom7 open roles

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Early applications get read.

12.3% of postings close within 7 days. Measured by our own scanner across the market. Courier Newsroom postings stay open a median of 12 days.

Share of postings closed within
  1. 2.1%1 day
  2. 4.5%3 days
  3. 12.3%7 days
  4. 19.3%14 days
  5. 35.6%30 days
  6. 58.1%60 days
This job: posted 19 days ago

Courier Newsroom median: 12 days open

The posting

Freelance Reporter, Colorado

📍 Remote (CO-based) | 💼 Freelance | 💰 $500 per story

Join Courier Newsroom - an organization that drives journalism and empowers communities.

At Courier Newsroom, we’re reinventing local media to inform and empower communities through impactful reporting. Our mission is rooted in civic engagement and equity—and we’re growing fast.

We are presently looking for a FREELANCE REPORTER in COLORADO.

COURIER Newsroom is committed to building an inclusive workplace that values diverse perspectives and lived experiences. We strongly encourage women, people of color, individuals with disabilities, LGBTQ+ candidates, and those from all backgrounds to apply. As an equal opportunity employer, we strive to break down barriers and ensure every team member feels seen, heard, and supported.

Consultancy Overview

The freelancer will produce original political reporting for our Colorado newsroom, Courier Colorado on a story-by-story basis.

The reporter will deliver stories that connect federal, state, and local policy decisions to the real lives of Colorado residents, advancing COURIER’s pro-democracy coverage goals.

Deliverables: Up to 6 stories per month focused on Colorado politics, policy, and civic life, with a clear emphasis on how these issues affect everyday people, as assigned. To produce these deliverables, you will be expected to:

  • Refine angles, incorporate feedback, and ensure all reporting meets COURIER’s journalistic standards and style.
  • Conduct rigorous research, interviews, and fact-checking, including outreach to impacted community members, subject-matter experts, and key political actors.

Payment:

$500 a story for stories between 500-700 words

Qualifications

  • Lives in Colorado
  • 3+ years of reporting experience in journalism, with a focus on politics, policy, or public affairs (state and local experience strongly preferred)
  • Demonstrated ability to consistently report, write, and file well-researched, thoroughly reported stories.
  • Strong reporting and writing skills, including sourcing, interviewing, research, and fact-checking, with a commitment to COURIER’s journalistic standards and style
  • Deep familiarity with Colorado’s politics, institutions, and key issues
  • Alignment with COURIER’s mission to provide fact-based, people-centered reporting that strengthens civic participation and democracy

Who We Are

COURIER Newsroom is a pro-democracy media network using journalism that centers everyday Americans to take on disinformation, extremism, and attacks on our freedoms. We reach people where they are online with factual, values-driven reporting that connects policy decisions to real lives, spotlights who is delivering for their communities, and exposes the leaders trying to roll back our rights. By investing in local journalists across the country, we’re building an informed, engaged electorate and helping more people see themselves as powerful actors—not spectators—in our democracy. Our rapidly growing team is reimagining what progressive media can do: strengthen communities, inspire civic participation, and help win lasting change on issues critical to human rights and freedom.

Courier Newsroom is an equal opportunity employer. Women, people of color, those with disabilities, and members of the LGBTQ community are strongly urged to apply. Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, marital status, or medical conditions.

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