Income and Affordability Reporter

Job description

The Los Angeles Times is seeking a versatile, high-impact journalist to cover the widening extremes of poverty and wealth in California, with the goal of increasing public understanding of the fundamental forces contributing to these disparities. In this one-year position, you will produce journalism that blends deep research with compelling, real-life storytelling to bring complex subjects into sharp relief, as well as highlight structural fixes and community-led solutions. This position is funded by the James Irvine Foundation, but under full editorial control of The Times newsroom. Coverage will be free to all readers. The reporter will be responsible for exploring critical pillars of the economic divide, including: Responsibilities: - Illuminating the day-to-day realities of the affordability gap and the lives of workers who, despite full-time employment, struggle with the costs of housing, childcare and healthcare - Documenting the ways in which systemic racism, unemployment, underemployment and rollbacks in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs have compounded the jobs crisis for Black Californians, and how best to remove the barriers to stable employment - Covering how th...