Media Jobs In New England

Looking for that next step in your career? Searching for that dream job?

The New England Newspaper and Press Association job bank is a great resource for finding newspaper and journalism jobs throughout New England. Job listings are updated regularly and often include open positions for journalists, editors, publishers, photojournalists, newspaper ad sales, and more. Check out some of the latest listings below.

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CURRENT JOB OPENINGS

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Full-Time Weekend and Copy Editor

The Keene Sentinel is looking for a full-time copy and weekend editor to join the newsroom team serving communities in southwestern New Hampshire.

We are an independent, digital-first news organization that has been locally owned since its founding in 1799, and we publish both online and six days a week in print.

Our newsroom is committed to building trust with our readers and values solid enterprise and solutions-oriented journalism in service to our region, and the copy editor will be an integral part of a team-oriented news staff pursuing that mission.

The copy editor will edit local news stories and wire content, as well as layout pages for the print edition of the paper.

The editor will also direct any breaking news coverage during the weekend and post content on social media. Some weekend shifts will include reporting duties.

We’re looking for someone with solid news judgment, strong editing and headline-writing skills, curiosity and a love of fact-checking and grammar.

The Sentinel is an equal-opportunity employer and offers a comprehensive benefits package and an excellent working environment.

Please send a resume and cover letter to Bill Bilodeau, Managing Editor-News Operations, at wbilodeau@keenesentinel.com.

February 2024

News Editor

The Concord Monitor, a daily newspaper and website, is looking for a motivated individual to support our mission to serve the community by pursuing local and statewide news.

The News Editor is part of the Monitor’s leadership team and will work directly with reporters, other editors and community members who want to get news to our readers.

Some of the responsibilities of this job include: 

  • Working in tandem with the editor-in-chief to advise and oversee reporting staff, including developing story ideas and the scope of news coverage.
  • Proofreading and editing daily stories and posting to concordmonitor.com.
  • Working with editors to keep the daily budget plan up to date and ensure we’re meeting our digital and print deadlines.
  • Working with other editors to organize longer-term reporting projects such as town meeting coverage, election coverage, and the type of special projects and series that are routinely recognized as among the best in New England.
  • Planning special sections and glossy lifestyle magazine topics and assigning stories.
  • Helping execute digital goals, which range from posting stories and sending breaking news alerts to keeping readers on our site longer with digital infographics, maps and searchable databases.

The ideal candidate has a willingness to learn new skills and likes moving at a quick pace. They will have a good news judgment and a desire to maintain an awareness of what’s happening in local communities, the region and the state. The ideal candidate is also organized with good time management.

The News Editor will have the opportunity to expand and shape the position and pursue other areas of interest, including special project reporting.

The Concord Monitor is committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcomes the opportunity to diversify our newsroom. We are willing to consider qualified candidates regardless of years of experience for this role.

The Monitor recognizes there are candidates with important skills and experience that would benefit the News Editor position that we may not have considered. If that applies to you, please tell us more.

Send a cover letter and samples of your best work to publisher Steve Leone at sleone@cmonitor.com.

February 2024

Multiplatform Copy Editor

The Day is looking to hire a Multiplatform Copy Editor who will work with our team to help with audience growth. Under the direct supervision of the Managing Editor, the Assistant Editor manages, develops, and serves as the primary editor for more than a dozen specialty publications and magazines and provides newsroom editorial support for seven weekly newspapers and an associated website. The successful candidate has strong news and story judgment and possesses excellent organizational skills. The Assistant Editor will work collaboratively with editors, reporters, freelancers, and photographers to tell impactful stories in Shore Publishing’s variety of magazines. This is a unique opportunity to help play a key role in shaping our image. The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate success in growing newsletters; has a firm command of SEO; best headline writing practices, and must love news. Hourly pay, 32 hours per week.

Read the full job description

January 2024

Marketing & Event Manager-The Keene Sentinel, Keene NH

The Keene Sentinel is seeking our new Marketing & Events Manager to lead our marketing, branding, positioning and lead and demand generation efforts.  As well, this leadership position will manage Keene Sentinel events including contract negotiations, venue, programming, marketing, vendor, food services, and more toward creating superlative experiences for our guests and sponsors.

To apply please send your resume and letter of interest to Sean Burke at sburke@keenesentinel.com.

December 2023

Staff Writer

Worcester Business Journal is seeking a full-time reporter to help lead coverage of the Central Massachusetts business community.

At WBJ, which is one of the last independently owned newsrooms in New England, we take tremendous pride in the journalism we produce and the publications we create, to the acclaim of international organizations that count WBJ as one of the best business journals in the country. We are an extremely collaborative newsroom that pushes hard to produce the highest quality news and analysis, yet recognizes journalists are whole people, too, who may need to take time in the middle of the day to address issues in their personal lives. The CEO works right down the hall, and WBJ’s parent company keeps all employees well-informed of the happenings at all levels of the business.

Our small, but mighty, newsroom staff provides breaking news and subject matter expertise for key industries in the Central Massachusetts economy. WBJ maintains a constantly updated website, produces eight e-newsletters, and publishes a bimonthly print magazine full of news and analysis. This new hire would contribute to all of these products, in cooperation and collaboration with the other members of the newsroom.

Applicants for this position should have a strong foundation in journalism, with multiple years of experience in an established newsroom. Familiarity with business-to-business journalism is helpful, but not required. The person eventually hired for this position must be adept and nimble, work well with a team, be a multitasker, and have a drive to be the best at what they do.

While WBJ offers a flexible schedule and hybrid/remote work options, local journalism is best done in person by professionals in the market, and the expectation for this position is that you will spend most of your time in Central Massachusetts, meeting people, understanding your beats, and learning the lay of the land.

Learn more

December 2023

Sports Reporter

The Daily Hampshire Gazette is seeking a full-time sports reporter to be part of a hard-working team focused on covering the local sports scene of Hampshire County.

Our focus is primarily on community sporting events, with our area high schools at the forefront, as well as the various local colleges and universities, headlined by the University of Massachusetts — a Division 1 institution. The sports reporter will be expected to write game stories and regular features covering a wide variety of subjects. We’re looking for creativity and a reporter who will be bold pitching original story ideas and producing compelling articles that matter to readers. This is a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment requiring strong multi-tasking skills. Experience with photography and video is a plus.

The Gazette is one of the nation’s oldest local news operations. Founded in 1786, it has been named New England Newspaper of the Year in its circulation class for print and web three times in the past decade.

Interested? Send a resume, cover letter, salary expectations and five of your best stories to Executive Editor Dan Crowley (dcrowley@nnenews.com) and Sports Editor Jeff Lajoie (jlajoie@gazettenet.com). No phone calls, please.

The Gazette is owned by Newspapers of New England, a family-owned company with a commitment to serious community journalism.

We offer competitive pay, paid vacation and personal days and benefits including health, dental and vision insurance and a 401K.  We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity in the workplace.

December 2023

News Editor

The Enterprise is looking for a full-time news editor for its Mashpee edition. This is a hybrid editor/reporter position. Duties include supervising reporters, assigning stories and photos, and editing copy as well as reporting and writing news stories.

The ideal candidate would have a degree in journalism or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and experience. This job includes some infrequent weekend work.

This is a full-time position with excellent benefits, including medical and dental insurance, a flexible spending plan, and a 401(K) plan.

Please send a letter of interest, describing your qualifications, to John Paradise, executive editor at paradise@capenews.net.

December 2023

Relief News/Op-ed Editors Needed

The Commons, an award-winning nonprofit community newsroom in Brattleboro, Vermont, is looking for occasional freelance backup editing assistance to help shape copy from a variety of contributors of varying experience and skills into clean, readable, lively prose that retains the writer’s voice.

We’re looking for seasoned, confident news editors who love the challenge of editing for clarity, brevity, style, and accuracy and who can do so rapidly and with good humor, humility, patience, pride in craft, and conscientious knowledge of fast-changing language around drugs, crime, gender, race, mental health, and other topics to be described and discussed with care in our pages.

Assignments can range from slashing a grotesquely overwritten press release into a snappy news brief to shepherding a magazine-quality longform cover story into print. We might also ask for your help in editing pieces for Voices, our dedicated editorial/op-ed section, where preservation of a writer’s voice is a top priority.

Turnaround needs can vary. Our normal production cycle runs from Saturday to Tuesday, with the files going to press and the content going live early Wednesday morning.

Remote work is fine, though it’s certainly helpful if you already know Vermont. We’d love to consider applicants who are not old, white, and male.

Visit commonsnews.org to see what we do. To apply, send a note along with a before-and-after edited news story (a document with tracked changes is welcome) and your hourly rate to Jeff Potter, editor, at editor@commonsnews.org.

December 2023

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