Ottawa Bureau Chief

Village Media is seeking an experienced journalist to lead a new Parliament Hill bureau of The Trillium.

The Trillium is Village Media’s Ontario political news website. For the past three years, The Trillium has been devoted to Ontario provincial political news and has developed a reputation for impactful accountability-focused journalism at Queen’s Park. Now, we’re expanding to Parliament Hill to bring hard-hitting, enterprising federal political news to our readers across Ontario.

Reporting to The Trillium’s editor-in-chief, the bureau chief will be responsible for leading and assigning the Ottawa bureau’s federal political news coverage and coordinating with the provincial team at Queen’s Park as well as with the broader Village Media chain.

The successful candidate will be passionate about breaking news that serves Ontario voters, holds governments to account and doesn’t follow the pack. The bureau chief will be team-oriented: they will file their own stories and assist the bureau’s reporters with their work.

This role will be primarily in-office and on Parliament Hill, with flexibility for some remote work when the House rises. 

Responsibilities:

• Leading a team of journalists to report federal political news stories for readers of Village Media’s network of local news websites across Ontario, and for political insiders who subscribe to The Trillium

• Working with The Trillium and Village Media to establish the Ottawa bureau and build the reporting team

• Training and mentoring reporters on how to develop sources and access documents to break federal political news stories

• Participating in the peer-editing of the bureau’s stories for accuracy, readability and Canadian Press style

• Being Village Media’s ambassador in Ottawa

Qualifications

• Seven-to-10 years in journalism and experience covering federal politics

• Experience in newsroom leadership 

• A proven ability to break enterprising accountability-focused news stories

• The ability to work some nights and weekends when required

• Reside in the National Capital Region or within commuting distance

Salary Range: $100,000 - $150,000 per year

If this sounds like the perfect position for you, we would love to hear from you! To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume, along with relevant samples of your work. 

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