Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

The Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service (NNS) is a community-centric nonprofit newsroom. Founded in March 2011, NNS provides professional reporting to Black and Latinx residents who have been ignored, underserved or inaccurately portrayed in other media outlets.

Current Position

Location: Milwaukee, WI

Beat: Community Photojournalist

Position:

We seek an exceptional journalist who is dedicated to visually documenting the lives of Black and Brown residents in Milwaukee. This person must be versatile and have initiative as the position requires generating photo essays in neighborhoods that have been under-served while working with reporters to obtain the best visuals for their stories. We seek someone who can communicate and collaborate.

Because we serve Black and Brown communities that have been misrepresented, ignored or only get media attention when there is crime and conflict, NNS has a three-pronged editorial agenda.

We celebrate the resilience of residents by consistently and unapologetically spotlighting the good works of our community leaders and organizations. We educate our readers by connecting them to resources that can help uncomplicate their busy lives. And we illuminate through good shoe-leather watchdog reporting issues that create much-needed dialogue while holding institutions and leaders accountable.

This position is in partnership with CatchLight. The corps member will be a CatchLight Local Fellow and along with the host newsroom, be supported by the CatchLight Local Visual Desk.

Reporter: Jonathan Aguilar