On the heels of Mssrs. Ellis and Sneve announcing the Dakota Scout website and newspaper to cover State and Local Politics in South Dakota, a second organization has announced it is hiring reporters to cover South Dakota politics, led by Seth Tupper, formerly of the Rapid City Journal and South Dakota Public Broadcasting.
Career news: I’m leaving @SDPBNews to join @statesnewsroom. I’ll be editor of a site providing investigative and in-depth daily reporting, commentary and analysis on critical challenges facing SD. And I get to hire three journalists. More details later … https://t.co/T3ybGGUWlv
— Seth Tupper (@SethTupper) August 20, 2022
States Newsroom in South Dakota will be dedicated to serving as a government watchdog, covering policy, politics, and other stories of statewide interest. We want reporters who can provide important information to readers about elected officials, how public money is spent, and the ways that policy decisions affect South Dakotans’ lives.
Three reporters will cover the Legislature, governor’s office, state agencies, elections and other assignments. The reporters will produce daily and enterprise stories, take photos, and share content on social media.
The ideal candidates will know how to track trending topics and hold officials accountable through deep source building and public records requests. The reporting will take readers beyond press releases, providing a deeper understanding of the issues.
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The salary for these reporting positions ranges from a minimum of $50,000 to more than $65,000, depending on experience.
Well, good luck to everyone.
That’s the sad state of affairs in the traditional media in South Dakota. They are all owned by national organizations that all they care about is the dollar and not covering the news. When the biggest paper in South Dakota has a midafternoon deadline and Aberdeen’s is noon, by the time it hits paper, its 3 days later. These indy news organizations in SD will be a pleasant change.
Is it a sad or is it just evolution? People can go out on their own and reach the same, if not bigger audience. Print media is dying because people just don’t consume news in that fashion. To me, this is just the next step.
This seems to be the evolution. The legacy print newspapers are dying, replaced by entrepreneurial reporters like Ellis and Sneve, or non-profit public interest reporting such as SD News Watch or Tupper’s new employer.
Great! Now I have another source to read the exact same dishonest stories from. When is anyone going to wise up and make a Conservative medium already? We literally have zero conservative media, unless you count DakotaWarCollege.
There are very few conservative media sources outside of “entertainment” news. It requires actual research and an education. That is hard to find among those people.