Reporter, Local; Phoenix

Overview

Axios is a growth‑stage company dedicated to providing trustworthy, essential news in a format that respects readers' time. We're hiring a reporter to cover Phoenix as part of our growing local news initiative.

This reporter will help Phoenix residents understand what's happening in their own backyards, getting readers smarter, faster on the news, events and local folkways that matter most to them.

• Co‑author a daily Axios newsletter full of insights and scoops that matter most to Phoenix.
• Cover many aspects of life in Phoenix.
• Experiment with and leverage AI for reporting and newsletter production.
• Write conversationally, in Axios' Smart Brevity style.
• Help build Axios Local and shape how our product evolves.

• Experience covering Phoenix.
• Excellent sources and the desire to create new ones.
• Ability to break news and create conceptual scoops.
• Omnivorous curiosity about your hometown, no matter how long you've lived there.
• Ideas, ideas, ideas.
• Comfort flexing some voice and personality in your writing.
• Proven experience working in a fast‑paced news environment and on deadline.
• The desire to make yourself indispensable to local readers and to Axios Local.

Starting salary is in the range of $60,000–$100,000, dependent on location, work experience, and skills.

• 401(k) with employer match
• Robust PPO and high‑deductible health insurance options on the Blue Cross Blue Shield network
• Employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution for the high deductible health plan option
• Dental and vision coverage
• Primary caregiver 12‑week paid leave
• Annual learning and development stipend
• $100 monthly work‑from‑home stipend
  
  Tele‑mental health services through Headspace
• Personal health advocacy resources through Health Advocate
• Inclusive fertility, hormonal health, and family‑forming benefits through Carrot Fertility
• Access to the Axios “Family Fund” for financial support in emergencies
• Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers
• Virtual company‑sponsored social events
• A strong and positive work environment
• A commitment to an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture

Axios is an equal‑opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, age, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, compensation, benefits, training, and apprenticeship.

Axios makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.