Baltimore, Maryland, United States · Hybrid
$60k–$65k/yr
Position Description Baltimore Public Media is hiring a multi-platform Environmental Reporter to join our collaborative newsroom with Delmarva Public Media to provide comprehensive coverage of this beat for our audience …
Skills: Audio Journalism, Podcast Production, Audio Editing, Enterprise Reporting, Beat Development
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The reporter will produce high-quality enterprise and breaking news stories across audio and digital platforms focusing on environmental and agricultural issues in Maryland. Responsibilities include conducting interviews, recording and editing audio, and appearing as a guest on local news programming.
Candidates need 2-5 years of experience in audio journalism or podcast production and a bachelor's degree in journalism or a related field. Must possess strong editorial judgment, audio editing proficiency, and a valid driver's license with reliable transportation.
Position Description
Baltimore Public Media is hiring a multi-platform Environmental Reporter to join our collaborative newsroom with Delmarva Public Media to provide comprehensive coverage of this beat for our audience across the state and the surrounding regions. The position will largely be based on Maryland’s Eastern Shore but will involve travel to BPM when necessary for meetings, training and other opportunities related to this role.
You will work alongside a team of skilled reporters and receive constructive feedback and editing of your stories produced for broadcast and online.
What You Will Bring:
You are a tenacious reporter with a watchdog approach, equally eager to produce hard news and feature stories that inform about our state policies and regulations and their impact on our natural resources. These stories will shed light on companies headquartered in our region whose decisions and activities impact resources and communities. You also understand how to have fun with a story to create lighter features that also inform and uplift. You are skilled in building strong sources while navigating through complex issues and unique personalities that make up the urban rural and coastal areas of the state, will all the while be covering this beat up against the backdrop of the rapidly increasing local impacts of climate change and sea level rise. You have a keen sense of what makes good narrative journalism.
This Reporter/Producer produces high quality enterprise and breaking news stories for BPM/DPM that appear on multiple platforms and consistently meet daily deadlines, as well as ethical, technical, legal and aesthetic standards. This involves daily research, writing, online filing, photography, voicing and production. The bulk of this reporter/producer’s newsgathering efforts will focus on environmental regulations, news about natural resources, updates or issues facing the agriculture industry, climate issues, and sea level rise in the Mid-Atlantic Region (with a heavy focus on the state of Maryland). This reporter will be a shared part of both BPM and DPM’s news departments. The reporter will divide their time between Delmarva and Baltimore offices
and field work as needed for newsgathering.
The position may include travel to remote locations, working evenings or weekends, and possibly working in inclement weather. In-state travel is common, but trips are often short and can be done in a day.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Additional Information on Applying:
Only qualified candidates will be contacted. No phone calls or emails, please.
The Organization
About Baltimore Public Media
Baltimore Public Media (BPM) is the parent organization of WYPR 88.1 FM and WTMD 89.7 FM. We provide rich, vibrant programming in news, music, arts, and culture—across expanding radio and digital formats—that connects,
enriches, and elevates the residents and communities of Baltimore and the region. Our mission is rooted in journalistic integrity, cultural merit, and community service.
About Delmarva Public Media
Delmarva Public Media is a collaboration of public radio stations owned by Salisbury University (WSCL and WSDL) and the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (WESM).
Our three stations feature the widest variety of public radio programming on the Delmarva Peninsula. For nearly 40 years, these stations have provided quality music, news, and programming to the residents and visitors of Maryland’s Eastern Shore, Coastal Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Baltimore Public Media and Delmarva Public Media are Equal Opportunity Employers.
Both are committed to building a team that represents diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We actively encourage applicants from historically underrepresented groups—including but not limited to Black, Indigenous, and people of color, women, LGBTQ+ individuals, veterans, and people with disabilities—to apply.
Baltimore Public Media offers a competitive benefits package.
As a nonprofit 501(c)(3) public media organization, Baltimore Public Media operates WYPR 88.1 FM and WTMD 89.7 FM, serving the Baltimore region and Maryland with trusted journalism, engaging music, and cultural programming. We are dedicated to enriching our community through independent media and public service.
Your Public Radio in Maryland
NPR affiliate in Baltimore Maryland. 88.1 FM in Baltimore and Frederick and 106.9 on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and lower Delaware. You can hear your favorite NPR programs as well as local programs such On The Record, Midday, and much more as well as WYPR award winning local news coverage.
Offices: 2216 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, US
Your Public Radio in Maryland
NPR affiliate in Baltimore Maryland. 88.1 FM in Baltimore and Frederick and 106.9 on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and lower Delaware. You can hear your favorite NPR programs as well as local programs such On The Record, Midday, and much more as well as WYPR award winning local news coverage.
Offices: 2216 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, US
