Coastal Climate Reporter

McClatchy South Carolina is hiring a coastal climate reporter to provide project-level coverage of environmental issues along the coast of South Carolina, North Carolina and Georgia.

The position will focus on accountability stories and solutions journalism, writing stories that hold leaders and institutions accountable while highlighting success stories. You’ll teach our readers about things such as sea-level rise, beach erosion, flood insurance and changes in hurricane behavior.

This opportunity is a one-year grant-funded position with the potential to roll over. The reporter will work primarily with McClatchy’s South Carolina newsrooms in Columbia, Hilton Head and Myrtle Beach and will live in one of these markets.

Coverage will include breaking news and mid-level enterprise work, but the ideal candidate will be able to show a proven history of major project work.

• Focus on stories that build readership
• Think about audience first and always, with a commitment to tactics that grow readership
• Master engaging multimedia storytelling
• Demonstrate speed, competitiveness and SEO savvy
• Work well in a team environment

• Strong writing and reporting skills and excellent news judgment
• Excellent journalism ethics
• Understanding of open records laws and the ability to file, manage and oversee requests pertinent to beat work
• Ability to ask the right questions and discuss alternatives with a reporter or visual journalist to determine whether a story idea is worth pursuing
• Understanding of SEO and other optimization opportunities and a demonstrated ability to learn new skills in social and digital
• Ability to correctly identify audiences for selected stories
• A strong entrepreneurial spirit, deep curiosity and high energy
• A collaborative style that works comfortably across teams spread throughout the office and company. We will work comfortably in a job that will be fast‑paced, data‑driven, shaped constantly by feedback and experimentation and always evolving

McClatchy Media’s journalists are expected to take advantage of opportunities to ethically harness and leverage artificial intelligence and other automation to enhance and elevate their work and to find efficiencies that free them to focus on source‑building and high quality, deeply reported journalism.

As a journalist at McClatchy, you will join a supportive, flexible, collaborative team. McClatchy strives to be an employer of choice, and our benefits package is made with this goal in mind. With a focus on health, well‑being, wealth and daily life, our package options include healthcare coverage for employees and their families, financial protection from expected and unexpected expenses, multiple no‑cost wellness resources and even coverage for four‑legged friends.

Our overall benefits package also includes a 401(k) with employer match, competitive paid time off and corporate holidays, and a variety of mental health benefits. With an excellent support team and with focus on your well‑being as a top corporate strategy, McClatchy provides benefits to support you and your family in achieving your health and wellness goals. For more information on McClatchy’s benefit plan, please visit

To apply, include a persuasive cover letter, your resume and four to six examples of your work.

The McClatchy Media Company features a portfolio of vibrant and trusted news, lifestyle, entertainment brands and a robust retail distribution network. Our iconic local news brands such as the Miami Herald, The Kansas City Star and The Sacramento Bee, have collectively earned a total of 57 Pulitzer prizes and are complemented by popular lifestyle and entertainment brands such as Us Weekly and Woman’s World.

Together, our brands reach more than 100 million unique visitors a month, The McClatchy Retail Network, our distribution and logistics arm, offers delivery to more than 56,000 retail locations weekly.

• Entry level

• Full‑time

• Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing

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