Politics/Watchdog Reporter

Req #25195 Tuesday, September 6, 2022 Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is a subscription-led and digitally focused media and marketing solutions company committed to empowering communities to thrive. With an unmatched reach at the national and local level, Gannett touches the lives of millions with our Pulitzer-Prize winning content, consumer experiences and benefits, and advertiser products and services. Our current portfolio of media assets includes USA TODAY, local media organizations in 46 states in the U.S., and Newsquest, a wholly owned subsidiary operating in the United Kingdom with more than 120 local news media brands. Gannett also owns the digital marketing services companies UpCurve, Inc. and WordStream, Inc., which are marketed under the LOCALiQ brand, and runs the largest media-owned events business in the U.S., USA TODAY NETWORK Ventures. To connect with us, visit www.gannett.com . The USA TODAY networks Georgia newspapers are seeking a reporter with the awareness, reporting and source-building skills, courage, and sensitivity to cover p olitics and policy at a time of unprecedented division and turmoil. As a watchdog, storyteller and public servant, the reporter will confront disparities with vigor, remain dogged in the quest for ambitious solutions-journalism and constantly look beyond data to humanize the most pressing issues facing Georgians and how state and federal elected officials are serving their constituents. Georgia has become a political epicenter in recent years, with the Legislature considering polarizing legislation every winter and spring and several high-profile persons holding or seeking state and federal office, from Stacey Abrams to Brad Raffensperger and Raphael Warnock to Marjorie Taylor-Greene. The November 2022 election promises to be one of the most closely watched in the nation, as Georgia has emerged as a competitive. purple state that makes it crucial to presidential elections and the fight for party control over the U.S. Senate. The best candidate is aggressive, enterprising and innovative, with a passion for politics and the ability to cover big breaking news as well as to d