Location: Minneapolis, MN (or Greater MN)

MinnPost, a nonprofit organization dedicated to in-depth coverage of Minnesota news and culture, is hiring its next Greater Minnesota reporter.

We’re looking for a reporter who will illuminate and explain complex issues in creative ways that will engage audiences across the state and especially outside the seven-county Twin Cities metro area. We want this person’s reporting to help readers statewide understand the diversity of experiences that exist across our state’s nearly 87,000 square miles. Through great reporting and audience engagement, we hope this reporter’s work will influence existing public discourse and spark new conversations about how to make the policies and systems that affect people work better.

We’re looking for someone who is both a self-starter and a great collaborator, a reporter who can pivot quickly to address audience needs, who can go beyond the daily headlines and explain what the news means and who it will affect. By adding context, new voices and perspectives and by uncovering trends and key developments, this reporter will improve Minnesotans’ understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing Greater Minnesota and equip them to make better decisions and engage in policy-making. Through republication partnerships, outside appearances on other media platforms and occasional MinnPost events, this writer’s work will help grow MinnPost’s reach and impact. Recent audience research identified Greater Minnesota as an area of strategic growth for MinnPost, and we’re committed to exploring new ways to reach and serve audiences.

MinnPost is an outlet where people can escape the noisy political rhetoric and find facts, explanatory journalism and data-driven stories that help them make sense of what they’re seeing and hearing. With a new president and Congress in place, how are policy changes at the federal level playing out in rural communities or in farm country? And how might legislation being discussed at the State Capitol affect those in Greater Minnesota?

Stories on the beat could touch on everything from the environment to health to economic development to higher education. There’s a lot of potential, and we’re interested in hearing the incoming reporter’s ideas about how to approach the beat to best serve our readers.

Relevant skills:

• Outstanding writing and reporting skills
• 3+ years of journalism experience preferred, with at least some experience covering a beat
• Ability to multitask and work on deadline, turning stories quickly to maximize reach and impact
• Data literacy, especially with government data and documents
• Self-starting, proactive attitude and a track record of collaborating with colleagues
• An interest in community engagement and willingness to participate in occasional MinnPost events
• Willingness to regularly travel to other parts of the state for in-person reporting

There are great candidates who might not check all these boxes or who might hold important skills we haven’t listed. Don’t hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself. We strongly encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and people with disabilities.

This is a union position with a minimum salary of $64,890 OR $70,040, depending on experience and qualifications. In order to qualify for a minimum salary of $70,040, a candidate must have eight or more years of full-time equivalent professional reporting experience.

Benefits

• Health insurance (80% for employees / 50% for partners or dependents)
• Dental insurance with employer paying 80% of premiums for employees
• 401(k) dollar-for-dollar employer match up to 3% for all 401(k) contributions or eligible student loan payments
• Monthly phone stipend
• Generous time off: 15 days vacation per year to start, 8 paid holidays, 4 floating holidays, 12 days sick time
• Paid birthing person health leave (100% up to 6 weeks) and paid family leave (100% up to 8 weeks)
• Short-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Options for employee-paid vision, long-term disability, and supplemental life insurance

While MinnPost is more mature than a start-up, we’re often called to wear many hats and jump in to help each other when the situation calls for it. We’re committed to maintaining a healthy work-life balance and providing a place for staff to feel supported in their professional growth and achieve ambitious goals.

MinnPost is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Greater Minnesota reporter can live either in the Twin Cities or in Greater Minnesota but would be expected to travel to the Twin Cities three to six times a year for meetings.

To apply, please submit a resume, 3-5 examples of your work and answer a few application questions using this form: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8166748/Staff-Writer-Greater-MN-Application-2025

The priority deadline is February 16, 2025. Applications submitted after the priority deadline will be reviewed on a rolling basis. 

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Location: Minneapolis, MN

MinnPost is hiring a data journalist to produce distinctive, data-driven stories, visualizations, dashboards and other content that enhance readers’ understanding of complex issues affecting Minnesota.

We’re looking for someone whose reporting and analysis will hold those in power to account and illuminate and explain stories on state and local government on topics including the economy, housing, health, education, poverty, transportation, elections, the environment, public safety, and more. We’re also looking for someone who can help the MinnPost newsroom innovate and embrace new tools, including AI, to better serve readers.

This journalist will frequently collaborate with our reporters on both quick-turn and in-depth stories that add context and insight while uncovering trends and key developments. But he/she/they will also have time and space for solo stories and projects, contributing to MinnPost’s efforts to improve Minnesotans’ access to high quality journalism and equip them to make better decisions. Through republication partnerships, outside appearances on other media and occasional MinnPost events, this writer’s work will help grow MinnPost’s reach and impact while solidifying our place in the broader Minnesota media ecosystem as the trusted, go-to source for in-depth, explanatory journalism.

The data journalist will be expected to regularly engage with colleagues and editors, contributing to a collaborative team keen on ensuring our stories engage readers on multiple platforms. We’re looking for someone who has experience juggling and successfully executing both long and short-term projects. MinnPost is a member of the Institute for Nonprofit News (INN), Local Independent Online News (LION) Publishers, and the Minnesota Newspaper Association (MNA), and we’re excited about the possibility for this journalist to connect with other newsrooms on data projects.

MinnPost was founded in 2007 and strives to be a trusted guide for Minnesotans seeking in-depth journalism about their state. We’re embarking on a major expansion in 2025, adding several new positions to our newsroom aimed at ambitious journalism and engaging new audiences. 

In this role, you will:

• Generate ideas, plan and execute both long-term and quick-turn data-driven stories and projects
• Seek out existing data sources, make data requests and conduct interviews for data-driven stories
• Scrape, clean and analyze data; create data visualizations
• Collaborate with reporters and editors at MinnPost and occasionally with external partners on editorial projects
• Work with editors to teach and encourage best practices in data journalism in the newsroom

Relevant skills: 

• Outstanding data analysis skills and experience finding and requesting public data 
• Demonstrated mastery of Google sheets/Excel, Datawrapper and other data analysis and visualization tools
• At least three years of experience creating data-driven journalism
• Experience applying AI tools for data analysis and other reporting tasks 
• Solid writing and excellent communication skills, including the ability to explain complex issues and ideas to colleagues and readers
• Ability to multitask and work on deadline, turning stories quickly when necessary
• Self-starting, proactive attitude and a track record of collaborating with colleagues

There are great candidates who might not check all these boxes or who hold important skills we haven’t listed. Don’t hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.

To better reflect the communities we serve, we seek to recruit staff members from many backgrounds and with diverse identities. We strongly encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and people with disabilities.

This position’s minimum starting salary is $85,000. Applicants must be eligible to work in the United States. The position is based in Minnesota, with a preference for the Twin Cities. Candidates currently located outside of Minnesota would need to relocate within six months.

This position is covered by collective bargaining agreement with TNG-CWA 37002, the Minnesota Newspaper & Communications Guild.

Benefits:

• Health insurance (80% for employees / 50% for partners or dependents)
• Dental insurance with employer paying 80% of premiums for employees
• 401(k) dollar-for-dollar employer match up to 3% for all 401(k) contributions or eligible student loan payments
• Monthly phone stipend
• Generous time off: 15 days vacation per year to start, 8 paid holidays, 4 floating holidays, 12 days sick time
• Paid birthing person health leave (100% up to 6 weeks) and paid family leave (100% up to 8 weeks)
• Short-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Options for employee-paid, vision, long-term disability, and supplemental life insurance

We’re committed to maintaining a healthy work-life balance and providing a place for staff to feel supported in their professional growth and achieve ambitious goals.

To apply, please submit a resume, 3-5 examples of your work and answer a few application questions using this form.

The priority deadline is Feb 9, 2025. Applications submitted after the priority deadline will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

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The development associate will facilitate efficient, timely and effective relationship-building and fundraising efforts through friendly customer service and operational support to MinnPost’s business team. This position is responsible for taking ownership of accurate database records and administrative procedures that sustain and increase short- and long-term financial support for MinnPost. This individual interacts with and provides assistance to a number of important constituents such as the board of directors, corporate sponsors, external consultants, grant funders, major donors, members and volunteers. 

Essential duties and responsibilities will be:

Development/revenue support

• Ensure all development database records give a full and accurate history of relationships with MinnPost constituents. 
• Serve as a first point of contact for constituents supporting MinnPost. Respond to in-person, online or telephone inquiries.
• Pick up mail from MinnPost’s post office box in Northeast Minneapolis at least twice per week.
• Create and distribute regular communication materials sent to MinnPost’s supporters to engage them in our mission. This includes producing, printing and mailing thank you letters and other messages that promote philanthropy to MinnPost and ensuring that all correspondence is accurate, grammatically clean and completed on the requested timeline.
• Fulfill all donor benefits, including digital and physical shipments, as well as special member giveaways, recognition and events.
• Track and record pledges in the database, ensuring that timely pledge payment reminders are sent.
• Research and identify prospective major donors through internet research and internal database mining.
• Track timelines and key dates for foundation grants
• Coordinate event planning and volunteers for MinnPost Socials, MinnPost Festival and other smaller events with key stakeholders, including invitations, catering, venue and hospitality.
• As part of MinnPost Festival, track and fulfill benefits for VIP supporters and sponsors; manage and track information for sessions and guests for the Festival website; coordinate travel and hospitality for special guests; recruit, train and supervise volunteers.

Administrative support

• Provide administrative support for the business team and board of directors including data entry, proof-reading, creating and running analytical reports, scheduling meetings, and assisting in resolving issues related to the above. 
• Working in collaboration with the business team, track procedures and operations for smoother and more efficient experiences for internal and external partners. This includes developing an understanding of how our systems and processes work together and actively looking for ways to make them work better. 
• Contribute to whole staff meetings and discussions, engage in collaboration with teammates, learn about the nonprofit news industry and participate in MinnPost’s growth and success.
• Other duties may be assigned as needed. The list above is representative of the essential responsibilities for the job, but it is not an all-inclusive list of duties required in this role. In addition, there are times when all staff help with projects outside their regular roles.

Ideal candidates will have:

• Previous development experience is a plus, but not a requirement. Demonstrated experience in sales or other relationship-building roles, as well as experience with data entry, administrative duties and/or customer service are most important.
• Knowledge of Salesforce is a plus, but not a requirement. Understanding of other CRM software shows the ability to understand Salesforce.
• Experience and aptitude with office software including spreadsheets, word processing, online meeting platforms (Zoom, Google Meet, Eventbrite), and project management platforms (Asana, Slack). You like to learn and are fast to adapt to new software or systems. Technology doesn’t scare you.
• Experience working in a nimble and fast-moving work environment.
• A self-motivated attitude to identify tasks that need to be done and take initiative to point them out and do them or suggest solutions.

The development associate must demonstrate a finely-tuned attention to detail, the ability to thrive in a rapidly changing environment and an ability to both direct their own work and collaborate as part of a team. The person in this role must have the ability to help move tables and chairs, as well as lift up to 25 pounds, and be reasonably flexible with schedule as needed, can provide your own transportation and travel as required. 

We are looking for someone who is passionate about MinnPost’s mission, who has an interest in local public affairs and who understands the essential role our public-service journalism plays in Minnesota. 

This position is an excellent opportunity for someone early in their career who wants to gain more experience in nonprofit development and management. The development associate will report to the advancement director.

There are great candidates who might not check all the boxes above or who hold important skills we haven’t listed. Don’t hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.

To better reflect the communities we serve, we seek to recruit staff members from many backgrounds and with diverse identities. We strongly encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and people with disabilities.

This is a union position with a starting salary of $55,620/year.

Benefits:

• Health insurance (80% for employees / 50% for partners or dependents)
• Dental insurance with employer paying 80% of premiums for employees
• 401(k) dollar-for-dollar employer match up to 3% for all 401(k) contributions or eligible student loan payments
• Flexible work hours
• Monthly phone stipend
• Vacation time off (15 days per year to start)
• Paid holidays (8 days per year) and floating holidays (4 days per year)
• Sick and safe time (12 days per year)
• Paid birthing person health leave (100% up to 6 weeks)
• Paid family leave (100% up to 8 weeks)
• Short-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Options for employee-paid dental, vision, long-term disability, and supplemental life insurance

Since its founding in 2007, MinnPost has established itself as one of the nation’s largest and most successful regional nonprofit news organizations. We serve as an independent, trusted guide to Minnesotans exploring the critical issues, challenges and opportunities facing our state. We work toward a vision where all Minnesotans are equipped to make positive change in their communities.

Staff members are often called to wear many hats and jump in to help each other when the situation calls for it. We’re committed to maintaining a healthy work-life balance and providing a place for staff to feel supported in their professional growth and achieve ambitious goals.

MinnPost has a flexible remote work policy. However, this position will be required to be in the office, located in Northeast Minneapolis, at least two days a week and will regularly work in person for special projects, meetings and events.

To apply, please submit your resume and complete an application using this form: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8159549/Development-Associate-Application-2025

The priority deadline is Feb. 9. Applications submitted after this deadline will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

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This position is in partnership with CatchLight. The corps member will be a CatchLight Local Fellow and along with the host newsroom, be supported by the CatchLight Local Visual Desk. Learn more at this Inside MinnPost link. 

Salary and Benefits:
$53,000 for under 3 years of experience, $63,000 for 3+ years of experience

• Health insurance (80% for employees / 50% for partners or dependents)
• Dental insurance with employer paying 80% of premiums for employees
• 401(k) dollar-for-dollar employer match up to 3% for all 401(k) contributions or eligible student loan payments
• Monthly phone stipend
• Generous time off: 15 days vacation per year to start, 8 paid holidays, 4 floating holidays, 12 days sick time
• Paid birthing person health leave (100% up to 6 weeks) and paid family leave (100% up to 8 weeks)
• Short-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Options for employee-paid, vision, long-term disability, and supplemental life insurance

We’re committed to maintaining a healthy work-life balance and providing a place for staff to feel supported in their professional growth and achieve ambitious goals.

This position will be hybrid (some days in the office per week).

Moving Stipend: MinnPost will negotiate a moving stipend with new hires when applicable.

The fellowship application is open now until Monday, Feb. 3. Interested visual journalists are encouraged to read the FAQs and must apply online.

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Location: Minneapolis, MN

MinnPost is hiring an audience editor, a key leadership position that will manage and direct audience development efforts across the organization.

This position will lead new investments in MinnPost’s audience strategy as we navigate the ever-changing digital media environment, using audience data to craft and execute engagement strategies that includes – but goes well beyond – growing website and newsletter audiences. That growth must be paired with stronger and more meaningful connections with readers, demonstrating that journalism is an essential source of information that equips people to be civically engaged through everything from voting to participating in public discourse to identifying and pursuing solutions that make state and local systems work better. 

At MinnPost, we aim to serve people seeking analysis, context and perspective on news affecting our state through in-depth and explanatory journalism. We’ve grown our newsletter audience by more than 50% in the past two years and have new audience research in hand to help inform decisions to further that growth. We’re also looking forward to making new investments that will grow our newsroom starting in 2025. 

The audience editor will play an important role in shaping how to deepen audience relationships and leverage that additional coverage to better serve even more Minnesotans. We’re looking for someone who is entrepreneurial, a great collaborator, and is driven by our shared belief that rigorous, in-depth journalism that inspires and engages communities across the state is crucial to a strong democracy.

In this role, you will:

● Supervise the newsroom audience team responsible for web production, visual journalism, newsletters, social media, the daily Glean, audience analytics tracking, and audience and community engagement

● Devise and execute ambitious audience goals, collaborating with other editors to optimize workflows for strong audience engagement and audience growth

● Contribute to MinnPost’s leadership team and provide regular internal and board-level updates on audience growth 

● Develop new digital products and manage existing products with an eye toward meeting readers’ needs

● Collaborate with editor-reporter teams on audience distribution and engagement strategies for specific stories or beats to increase reach and impact

● Edit freelance stories and MinnPost’s op-ed section, Community Voices

● Deploy community engagement strategies for meaningful communication with underserved audiences and connect their needs into MinnPost’s programming, including through MinnPost events

● Ensure best practices for SEO across the organization and manage MinnPost’s Google Ads profile

● Manage content partnerships and pursue republication opportunities with other media organizations and select stories from other organizations to feature on MinnPost’s site 

● Manage audience and tech contractor work

● Collaborate with key members of the business team to develop and maintain alignment between audience and revenue strategies 

● Work with other newsroom editors to cultivate an inclusive and collaborative editorial and organizational culture that ensures our newsroom and coverage reflect the diversity of Minnesota

Relevant skills and qualifications:

• 3+ years of journalism experience in a digital media environment
• Experience leading teams or projects
• Ability to multitask and work on deadlines
• Strong writing and editing skills
• Strong organizational and communication skills 
• Experience in WordPress or similar content management systems
• Familiarity with content analytics, especially Google Analytics and Parse.ly
• SEO experience, including keyword research, headline writing and link-building
• Proven ability to set measurable goals and test strategies and tactics that make progress toward those goals
• Take a test-and-learn approach to strategy development and drive innovation
• Ability to make, both independently and collaboratively, data-informed decisions

There are great candidates who might not check all these boxes or who hold important skills we haven’t listed. Don’t hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.

To better reflect the communities we serve, we seek to recruit staff members from many backgrounds and with diverse identities. We strongly encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and people with disabilities.

Benefits

• Health insurance (80% for employees / 50% for partners or dependents)
• Dental insurance with employer paying 80% of premiums for employees
• 401(k) dollar-for-dollar employer match up to 3% for all 401(k) contributions or eligible student loan payments
• Monthly phone stipend
• Vacation time off (15 days per year to start)
• Paid holidays (8 days per year) and floating holidays (4 days per year)
• Sick and safe time (12 days per year)
• Paid birthing person health leave (100% up to 6 weeks)
• Paid family leave (100% up to 8 weeks)
• Short-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Options for employee-paid dental, vision, long-term disability, and supplemental life insurance

Since its founding in 2007, MinnPost has established itself as one of the nation’s largest and most successful regional nonprofit news organizations. Central to our work is our focus on writing about civic and cultural issues with depth, clarity and context, providing coverage that gives our readers a deeper understanding of the critical challenges and dynamics shaping public life in Minnesota. 

While we’re more mature than a start-up, we’re often called to wear many hats and jump in to help each other when the situation calls for it. We’re committed to maintaining a healthy work-life balance and providing a place for staff to feel supported in their professional growth and achieve ambitious goals.

Please submit your resume and complete an application using this form: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8130019/Audience-Editor-Application-2024 

The priority deadline is January 10, 2025. Applications submitted after the priority deadline will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

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The writer will be based at the Minnesota State Capitol during legislative sessions and will be expected to regularly attend meetings and events in-person, developing sources and story ideas through regular engagement with people working both within and outside of state government. The writer will also be expected to regularly engage with colleagues and editors, contributing to a collaborative team keen on ensuring our stories engage audiences on multiple platforms through great writing, data visualizations and multimedia elements.

Relevant skills: 

• Outstanding writing skills and the ability to bring a distinctive voice to stories, newsletter intros and social media posts
• High-level enterprise reporting and analytical skills 
• Data literacy, especially with government data and documents
• Demonstrated track record with enterprising, in-depth reporting, preferably with experience covering state government or a similar beat 
• Ability to multitask and work on deadline, turning stories quickly to maximize reach and impact
• Self-starting, proactive attitude and experience with collaborating with colleagues
• An interest in audience engagement and experience speaking at events and on other media about their reporting

There are great candidates who might not check all these boxes or who hold important skills we haven’t listed. Don’t hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.

To better reflect the communities we serve, we seek to recruit staff members from many backgrounds and with diverse identities. We strongly encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and people with disabilities.

This position’s minimum starting salary is $90,000. 

This position is covered by collective bargaining agreement with TNG-CWA 37002, the Minnesota Newspaper & Communications Guild.

Benefits:

• Health insurance with employer paying 80% of healthcare premiums for employees and 50% of premiums for family members
• Dental insurance with employer paying 80% of premiums for employees
• 401(k) dollar-for-dollar employer match up to 3% for all 401(k) contributions and eligible student loan payments
• 15 paid days off, 8 paid holidays, and 4 floating holidays
• 12 days of sick time
• Monthly phone stipend 
• Employer paid short term disability insurance and life insurance
• Options for vision, long term disability, and supplemental life insurance

We’re committed to maintaining a healthy work-life balance and providing a place for staff to feel supported in their professional growth and achieve ambitious goals.

To apply, please submit a resume, 3-5 examples of your work and answer a few application questions using this form.

The priority deadline is Dec. 20, 2024, and our goal is to have someone in the position as close to the beginning of the next legislative session as possible. Applications submitted after the priority deadline will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

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Our current job openings are listed on the Careers page. If there are no jobs listed and you’d like to connect with us about possible future openings or possible freelance opportunities, we invite you to connect with Elizabeth Dunbar for newsroom jobs and Jada Pulley for operations or revenue positions.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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