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Join our newsroom

Ed Ronco

Interlochen Public Radio is looking for a general assignment reporter to cover news in a busy and changing part of northern Michigan.

Pay for this full-time position starts at $40,000 per year, and includes competitive benefits, plus a year of housing if needed.

The northern part of Michigan’s lower peninsula (think, “top of the mitten”) is a rapidly growing region and that means there are lots of stories to tell — about growth, shifting political demographics, art, culture, and more — in one of the most beautiful places in the country.

Interlochen is within an easy drive of Grand Traverse Bay, Lake Michigan, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and a host of other places most people only get to see on vacation. You'll work on the campus of Interlochen Center for the Arts, a historic and internationally known center for arts education, which attracts talented students and headlining performers from around the world.

This six-person newsroom is in the middle of a reinvention. We’re shifting the way we do things, thinking about how audiences are changing, and looking for new ways to tell stories while also continuing the work that brought us our track record of excellence: high quality, sound-rich, meaningful journalism centered on serving the public.

We believe the news — however people get it — should be illuminating, informative, human, a force for good in the community and, from time to time, fun. And we see an exciting future for this newsroom.

You should be someone who loves telling a story, believes in the power of audio journalism, and has endless curiosity about the world in which we live. We want you to share your news judgment with us, and we hope that you’re eager to learn and grow as a professional (which is something all of us strive to do).

Take a look at the job posting, and apply!