REF#: JG34877

The Ottawa Citizen
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Posted: December 16, 2025
Salary:

Description

The Company:

Postmedia is a Canadian news media company representing more than 130 brands across multiple print, online and mobile platforms. Award-winning journalists and innovative product development teams bring engaging content to millions of people every week whenever and wherever they want it.

The Opportunity:

The Ottawa Citizen has an immediate opening for a Breaking News Reporter. The successful candidate will bring a strong work ethic, a passion for local journalism, and an ability to work under pressure to the role. Your work will focus squarely on one of the most valuable and well-read beats in the city: public safety. When disaster strikes or chaos emerges, you will be on the scene to deliver Ottawa readers the facts they need to know — and how to stay safe.

If you want to join a team that is reimagining what a city newspaper does, we want to hear from you. The Ottawa Citizen newsroom is the largest in the city, with committed, supportive and professional co-workers, and opportunities for mentorship and professional development. We work hard. We’re nice. And we’ve been doing this for 180 years—and counting.

What you’ll do:

• Seek out and respond to breaking news events in the national capital region
• Report on the biggest stories in the city, with speed and clarity
• Pitch ideas for enterprise stories that bring a solutions lens to public safety issues in Ottawa
• File news in various formats, including quick hits, in-depth explainers, live blogs, and video
• Work collaboratively with a tight-knit team of reporters, editors, photographers and digital producers to bring essential journalism to our readers

Qualifications

• A digital-first journalist with a proven track record for writing clean copy, quickly

• A daily news reader, who has a finger on the pulse of how the city of Ottawa ticks

• An excellent communicator and collaborator who thrives under pressure

• A team player who will go the extra mile to support colleagues, and tell stories that matter to the citizens of Ottawa

• A journalism degree or equivalent work experience

• A valid G driver’s licence

• Demonstrated success writing breaking news —please send us your best writing samples!

• Experience with video or audio production and/or data visualization is an asset Bilingualism is an asset

We thank in advance all applicants for their interest, however only those candidates under consideration will be contacted. Only candidates legally eligible to work in Canada will be considered. No phone calls or agencies please.

Postmedia Network Inc. is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities in all areas of the hiring process. If you require accommodation during the hiring process, please make your needs known in advance. Accommodation requests will be provided on an individual basis.

Postmedia Network Inc. is committed to employment equity and an inclusive barrier-free selection process and work environment. Postmedia Network Inc. encourages applications from women, indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities.

Interested candidates should apply online, stating they found this job on Jeff Gaulin's Journalism Job Board.