New York Post is hiring : City Hall Reporter, California Post in Los Angeles

This range is provided by New York Post. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$75,000.00 / yr - $95,000.00 / yr

The New York Post is heading West – and this is your chance to be a part of history as we open a brand-new newsroom and make a significant investment in Los Angeles. The California Post will be a game changer, putting the people of the Golden State first and holding the powerful to account across digital platforms and print.

This is a unique, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity : The California Post will bring The New York Post’s DNA of powerful, agenda-setting journalism to the West Coast and be a fresh and fearless voice for common sense.

Our focus will also go well beyond hard-hitting news and iconoclastic opinion. The nationally recognized Page Six will bring its sassy and brassy attitude directly to the entertainment capital of the world. The California Post Sports department will deliver muscular coverage of the biggest teams in town, from the locker room to the front office. Our Tech team will reveal the latest innovators and innovations that will shape the nation’s future.

Los Angeles is one of the great cities of the world, and it’s time L.A. – and California at large – had a bold, new voice. The California Post will be that voice. California, here we come!

The California Post is seeking a driven, well-sourced City Hall Reporter to cover the personalities, politics, and policies that shape life in the nation’s second-largest city. Los Angeles’ City Hall is a place of power, conflict, and intrigue, and this reporter will be at the center of it all — breaking news, developing enterprise stories, and connecting the dots for readers on how decisions inside City Hall impact their daily lives.

This is a high-profile role that requires tenacity, creativity, and the ability to cultivate and maintain deep sources across the city’s political ecosystem. The right candidate thrives in a competitive environment, understands how to set the agenda on local politics, and can write in the Post’s signature sharp, engaging style.

Responsibilities :

• Cover Los Angeles City Hall as your primary beat, reporting on the mayor, city council, and city agencies.
• Break news and develop enterprise stories that set the agenda for coverage of Los Angeles politics.
• Cultivate and maintain sources across political, business, and advocacy circles.
• File multiple stories per week, from breaking news briefs to longer enterprise pieces.
• Pitch scoops, exclusives, and story ideas with an eye for what will resonate with local and national audiences.
• Collaborate with colleagues across beats to provide broader context on California politics.
• Use data, documents, and public records to strengthen and deepen reporting.
• Appear on camera and across social platforms to discuss and promote your stories.

Requirements :

Application Instructions :

Please submit a resume, cover letter, and three clips that showcase your political reporting and ability to break news. Applicants may also submit a short video introduction highlighting their experience and approach to covering Los Angeles City Hall.

Note : The New York Post adheres to a hybrid work model. This role will be expected to report into the office 4 days per week (subject to change depending on business needs) when not in the field.

As an equal opportunity employer, the New York Post does not discriminate in hiring or the terms and conditions of employment because of an individual’s race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The New York Post will consider the provision of reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental disabilities of otherwise qualified applicants to enable them to participate in our application process and to effectively perform the essential functions of the job, unless doing so would impose an undue financial or operational hardship.

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