285 South is hiring a full time reporter.

We’re searching for an enterprising reporter to cover Atlanta’s immigrant and refugee communities.

Job description:

Whether its investigations into housing or healthcare, civic engagement efforts around the election, or features on unsung community heroes, new immigrant owned businesses, or deeper cultural trends, we are looking for a reporter who will write stories centering voices from the region’s diverse communities. 

We’re looking for a brilliant and dynamic writer and journalist who can move through vastly different spaces and deliver sharp copy to deadline.

A key part of the job is to work with other reporters both at 285 South and in partnership with other outlets.

Responsibilities:

  • Identify stories through cultivation of local sources
  • Deliver a variety of news stories, investigations and features accurately, sometimes meeting fast deadlines 
  • Report and write to a diverse audience in a crisp and easy to digest style
  • Develop sources across Metro Atlanta immigrant and refugee communities
  • Produce social media posts for stories

Qualifications:

  • Demonstrated understanding of  immigrant communities 
  • 2 years experience as a reporter and writer 
  • Bilingual or multilingual

Competitive salary, with access to benefits. 

Interested candidates should send a resume, cover letter, and at least three writing samples to sophia@285south.com.

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Author

Sophia is the founder of 285 South, Metro Atlanta’s only English language news publication dedicated to the region’s immigrant and refugee communities. Before launching 285 South in 2021, she worked for over 15 years in media and communications, including at Al Jazeera Media Network, CNN, the United Nations Development Programme, and South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT).

Her writing has been published in Atlanta Magazine, Canopy Atlanta, the Atlanta Civic Circle, the Atlanta History Center, and The Local Palate. She won the Atlanta Press Club award for Narrative Nonfiction in 2023 and 2024; and was a recipient of the Raksha Community Change award in 2023 and was a fellow of Ohio University’s Kiplinger Public Affairs Journalism Program in 2024.

Contact her at sophia@285south.com and learn more about her here.