Sports Reporter

Location: Remote (US), Texas, United States

Job Category: Online | New Media,

Employment Type: Full time,

Salary: $85000-$110000 per year

Posted: 10.26.2026

• Salary range
  : $85,000 - $110,000
• Location
  :
  
  Remote (U.S. Only)
• Employment type
  :
  Full-time W-4 employment with full benefits
• Department
  :
  
  Editorial
• Reports to
  :
  Editorial director
• Travel requirements
  :
  Travel at least five times per year for reporting trips and in-person team activities

The reporter will cultivate a sports beat with timely, high-quality and distinctive journalism that contextualizes women's sports within the systems of power that shape professional leagues and governing bodies, and the societal impacts of the rising popularity of women's sports. The person in this role is responsible for pitching, reporting and fielding assignments for stories that examine these leagues not just as sports and entertainment, but as businesses, fan spaces and starting points for conversations that offer reframed perspectives on how we look at women athletes, with a particular focus on the roles of gender identity, race, ethnicity, class and/or disability.

The reporter will produce journalism in a variety of formats, including articles ranging from dailies to deeply reported features, newsletters, social media posts and video, to meet our audiences where they consume news. They will collaborate with reporters, fellows and editors across beats to produce intersectional stories, and with audience, planning and visuals teams to engage audiences.

The reporter reports to an editorial director in the newsroom.

During a typical week, the reporter may conduct interviews, research, develop and pitch story ideas with support from editors. They will report stories you have pitched or been assigned, which may take the form of articles, social posts or news videos. They will work with producers to write headlines and social posts; may join team meetings to help editors develop coverage plans, discuss visuals ideas, participate in newsroom-wide workshops and trainings;

and may mentor reporting fellows on developing a story idea. The ultimate goal is for the reporter to publish stories that center women and LGBTQ+ people, and help them navigate, understand and relate to complex policy and power dynamics within the world of women's sports. This role will primarily work with tools like Google Workspace, Word Press, Parsely, social media platforms, public databases and other reporting and video tools.

• Establish a beat with support from editors by cultivating expertise in key focus areas, developing relationships with a diverse range of sources, and staying current on and maintaining a beat map that shows how coverage aligns with The 19th's editorial story standards and audience needs model
• Work within their team of editors, reporters and fellows to create and fulfill strategic plans for the week, month and quarter to support The 19th's editorial vision and strengthen reach and engagement with women and LGBTQ+ people
• Research, report, pitch, develop and field assignments for stories, collaborating with reporters, fellows, editors and partner newsrooms with complementary areas of expertise
• Write a mix of story types, such as breaking news, daily updates, trend pieces, explainers and features, with the aim of publishing about one to two pieces of journalism per week except when on rotation and writing more, or working on a longer-term project (with clearance from editors) and writing less
• Serve on a week-long breaking news rotation four to five times per year as the point person for breaking, developing or trending news coverage; attending relevant news meetings and reporting to a designated editor
• Report stories in a mix of formats, such as…