Join Connecticut’s largest and growing newsroom as we cover the biggest issues of our time. 

Hearst Connecticut Media Group has more than 150 journalists covering breaking news, high school and UConn sports, politics, business, statewide issues, food and trending topics. 

We have an immediate opening for an ambitious, versatile journalist who will hustle and compete on CT news.

In this role, you will join a multi-reporter state team covering state government and politics, business, education and other news. 

The reporter’s work would appear on the statewide site CTInsider.com and across our network. They would contribute topical daily stories and in-depth enterprise pieces of high interest to readers throughout Connecticut. 

Duties and responsibilities:

Works collaboratively with editors, other reporters, photographers and audience team members to tell impactful stories across platforms that engage and retain local subscribers and other readers

Reports and writes quickly and effectively to break news online and follows up when appropriate with more in-depth enterprise pieces, especially from the state’s capitol in Hartford

Demonstrates a comfort level with analyzing and interpreting metrics and uses them to inform coverage decisions in real-time and the long-term 

Effectively shoots and edits photos and video to accompany stories and is able to post to social media when it’s warranted for bigger breaking stories

Qualifications: