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About the Role

The San Francisco Chronicle is seeking an aggressive and enterprising reporter to cover City Hall, focusing on homelessness, affordable housing, and the drug epidemic. This role involves examining the city's and state's responses to these crises, the appropriate use of funds, and exploring innovative solutions. The reporter will break news, hold powerful figures accountable, amplify diverse voices, and explain complex issues to a global audience, working closely with the City Hall team to track departmental and official responses.

Responsibilities

Compete to break news for SFChronicle.com and the Chronicle's print edition.
Examine how systems and leaders deliver on promises.
Develop enterprise stories, profiles and analysis pieces.
Produce digital projects by collaborating with other newsroom teams.
Build sources in the homeless community and spend time on the streets.
Tell the stories of unhoused residents and share perspectives of housed residents and business owners.

Requirements

This position is full-time and will likely include some weekend work.
The candidate must be based in the Bay Area.

Skills

Strong writing skills
Comfortable providing and taking feedback
Thrives on collaboration
Commitment to inclusive journalism
Strong news judgment
Creativity
Meticulousness
Commitment to fairness
Willingness to dive deeply into policy details while clearly explaining them
Ability to collaborate and work in a fast-changing news environment
Commitment to visual storytelling
Openness to alternative story forms

Location

San Francisco, CA
Bay Area

Work Type

Full-time
Hybrid

Experience Level

At least two years of experience in a newsroom or related work environment.

Salary/Compensations

$80,000 and $100,000

About the Company

The San Francisco Chronicle is the largest newspaper in Northern California and the second largest on the West Coast. Acquired by the Hearst Corporation in 2000, the Chronicle was founded in 1865 by Charles and Michael de Young and has been awarded seven Pulitzer Prizes for journalistic excellence.
Hearst Newspapers (HNP) represents a network of 28 daily and 50 weekly publications, including the Austin American-Statesman, Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News, San Francisco Chronicle and Times Union (Albany). Our portfolio also includes several top digital-only news and lifestyle sites such as Chron., CT Insider, MySA and SFGATE, along with marketing services businesses like Medium Giant and entertainment brands such as King Features Syndicate.
At HNP, we’re investing in new and innovative ways to tell stories — growing newsrooms, diversifying tools and evolving platforms — to support the millions of people who trust us each month to help them make decisions, take action and be inspired.