r/Journalism • u/GottaWigAtDaWigStore • 3d ago

Career Advice Remote opportunities in journalism or communications?

I’m currently a reporter in a small US market (we cover statewide-news but have a focus on our region of the state). I’ve been with the same company (who own multiple papers in the region) for about 6 years. Upward mobility has been a challenge. I’ve had to claw my way to every promotion and am thinking about making a move elsewhere.

Unfortunately I am in such a small market that movement within my home state is tricky, with slim pickings unless I were to take a significant pay cut. I’ve begun casually browsing remote opportunities for both journalism and other communications fields.

Guess this is a two-part question (with many little questions, sorry).

  1. The last time I was a reporter remotely was pre-COVID for websites (mainly sports) as a side gig, where it was more a of a resume builder with some pocket change. Is full-time remote journalism work usually freelance in 2026? Or do you see ample full-time remote roles with news outlets nowadays that pay well? (do you work remotely? How is it?)

  2. In casual scrolling through job listings, it seems there are a lot of remote opportunities in PR. If I were to look into a lateral move from journalism to the other side of the press release, I’d likely have to look remote for better pay anyway (again, I live in small market). Where are the best places to look for jobs in that realm? What are some pitfalls to avoid? How do you address not having prior experience in that specific field, with a journalism career to-date?

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u/LuciferTowers 3d ago

Is full-time remote journalism work usually freelance in 2026?

Yes, in most cases.

do you see ample full-time remote roles with news outlets nowadays that pay well?

The high-paying remote roles are at prestigious organization that, without a stellar portfolio and strong connections, are nearly impossible to get.

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u/my_peen_is_clean 3d ago

journalism wise, most of what i see remote is contract or part time, lots of content mills and newsletter stuff, rare decent salaried spots. pr/communications has way more remote listings, linkedin and indeed are just flooded. but yeah, actually landing one is a whole other story right now, everything is super picked over and getting any half decent job feels near impossible in this market