Work with us

We’re an entrepreneurial team working to reshape the future of local news in our country. We’re passionate about journalism, civic engagement, and how local news plays a unique role in shaping our democracy. We’re a remote team helping build and grow sustainable local nonprofit news organizations all over the country.

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Explore current open roles at the American Journalism Project and jobs in our community below and learn more about how we support our team.

  • Senior Vice President, Startup Studio
    The American Journalism Project is seeking a Senior Vice President, Startup Studio, to lead our team of incubation specialists in launching ambitious, impactful, and sustainable nonprofit local news organizations around the country.
  • Audience Growth & Monetization Lead, Specialized Support Team
    The American Journalism Project is seeking an Audience Growth & Monetization Lead to help portfolio organizations drive toward product-market fit by growing their audiences, deepening loyalty, and converting their value into sustainable reader revenue and sponsorships.
  • Senior Technical Product Manager
    The American Journalism Project’s Product & AI Studio is seeking a Senior Technical Product Manager to be the primary day-to-day owner of our work with portfolio organizations to build and scale AI-powered tools. The first focus area of this work will be an early-stage fundraising tool, and this role will be responsible for maturing it from a minimum viable product into a trusted asset.
  • Vice President, Growth Investments
    The American Journalism Project (AJP) is seeking a Vice President of Growth Investments to serve as a strategic partner and coach to leaders of news organizations in the AJP portfolio across the country.
  • Head of Product & AI Studio
    The American Journalism Project is seeking a Head of Product & AI Studio to own the support strategy for product and AI excellence across AJP's growing portfolio of local nonprofit news organizations, and own the strategy for AJP's own product and AI efforts as an organization.

Interested in a career in nonprofit local news?

If you don’t see your dream role listed here, we’d still love to hear from you — whether you’re interested in working with the American Journalism Project or at one of our portfolio newsrooms. We support a growing portfolio of nonprofit local news organizations across the country, and they are also often looking for talented journalists, editors, and operators to join their teams. If you’re excited about strengthening local journalism as a public good, share your information with us. We’ll reach out if a role opens up that could be a great fit. Submit your information.

If you’d like to learn more about working in the field, you can watch a recording of our March 2026 webinar below.

Explore openings in our portfolio: