Children & Education Reporter

Req #11642 Monday, September 14, 2020 Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) is an innovative, digitally focused media and marketing solutions company committed to strengthening communities across our network. With an unmatched reach at the national and local level, Gannett touches the lives of nearly 140 million people monthly with our Pulitzer-Prize winning content, consumer experiences and benefits, and advertiser products and services. Gannett brands include the USA TODAY and more than 260 daily local newspaper brands, digital marketing services companies ReachLocal , WordStream, and ThriveHive and U.K. media company Newsquest. There's never been a better time to join our talented team. Visit Gannett.com/Careers to learn more about our opportunities, and visit Gannett Privacy Policy to understand our privacy policy. Children & Education Reporter The Clarion-Ledger / clarionledger.com , part of the USA TODAY NETWORK is looking for a Children and education reporter to cover the unprecedented challenges facing K-12 education in Mississippi. This reporter should explore inequities through both short-term and longer-term reporting, and through explanatory, watchdog and storytelling pieces. This beat begins with K-12 education, but it should be considered much, much broader and thought of in a fundamentally different way. It includes topics ranging from young families, the socio-economic well-being of kids, access to health care, access to internships and jobs, drug abuse, obesity, food deserts, high-achieving students, third-grade reading achievement, dropout and graduation rates, rural issues, access to arts education, internet access, teacher development and quality, safety anything and everything that impacts the well-being of Mississippis children and their futures. It should move away from day-to-day coverage of the school board, superintendent and district employees. Those topics remain an important component but should not dominate daily coverage decisions unless warranted. Think more in