Cardinal News hires enterprising journalists with the ability to provide context and can connect the dots on stories of regional importance, and development specialists who have a passion for journalism, our mission, and building a sustainable news organization.
Over the next three years, we will execute a regional expansion plan that deepens reporting in Southwest and Southside Virginia while adding new zones of coverage across communities lacking dedicated local journalism. This growth includes expanding the newsroom, launching additional geographic and enterprise beats, and strengthening audience engagement capacity.
To sustain this scale, Cardinal News is seeking experienced revenue and development professionals to support a growing news team.
Impactful stories are fundamental to everything that we do. If you share our passion for local news and our communities, reach out to us at jobs@cardinalnews.org and tell us what skills you would bring to Cardinal.
Open positions
We are currently looking to fill four positions
For our news team, we are looking for an editor and a reporter to work in our Southwest zone that includes Abingdon, Bristol, Norton, Wise and the surrounding counties. We are also looking for strong freelancers in the New River Valley as we build support to host a full-time reporter there. Learn more and apply by clicking on the open roles below.
For our business team, we are seeking to fill two new positions of a Chief Revenue Office and Major Gifts Officer. We expect in the coming months to also hire a sponsorship manager for Southwest and the New River Valley, an administrative assistant and a development specialist for Southwest.
If you have a passion for local journalism and for our mission, we’d welcome starting a conversation with you.
We’re an equal opportunity employer. Send inquiries to jobs@cardinalnews.org.
Freelancers welcome
Our region is large, the stories are many and even our expanding staff is small. Cardinal News welcomes hearing from experienced freelancers. Do you have a story on politics, culture, or the economy that deserves to be reported on? Is there breaking news we should know about? Or would you like to be considered for an assignment?
Contact us through jobs@cardinalnews.org.
What’s it like to work for Cardinal News?
Above all else, Cardinal News is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate and will not discriminate in employment, recruitment, board membership, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the basis of race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, or for any other discriminatory reason.
We want our journalists to feel supported in their work. We budget for training and travel and for the tools necessary to tell stories well. We offer competitive pay; holidays; vacation time; health, dental and vision insurance; contributions to health savings accounts; a matching 401k plan and collaborative teammates.
Let us know if you are interested in working with us. If we don’t have a current opening that’s the right fit for you, reach out anyway. We would enjoy starting a conversation to see where it leads. Contact us through jobs@cardinalnews.org.