Cabin Radio is a growing, independent northern broadcaster, entirely owned and operated in Yellowknife, NWT. Our small team produces high-quality journalism and authentically northern audio and video entertainment.
Current vacancies:
Ottawa correspondent (apply by 11pm MT on July 25, 2026)
First, a little about us.
We welcome applications from all candidates with appropriate qualifications, regardless of their background or circumstances. Cabin Radio’s recruitment is governed by our hiring policy and human resources policy, which set out our commitment to fair and equitable hiring.
Candidates in northern communities, who may not have had access to the education and training opportunities necessary to secure appropriate professional qualifications, are welcome to apply for all roles. These applications will be considered on their own merits. Candidates without recognized qualifications should set out efforts they have made to develop relevant skills.
Cabin Radio strives to offer a supportive and welcoming work environment. Our priority is ensuring the mental and physical well-being of our staff.
We take pride in the service we provide for Northwest Territories residents and we expect our employees to work hard; in return, our employees should expect us to support them, offer regular opportunities for training and development, and take reasonable steps to accommodate their needs as individuals.
We offer four weeks’ paid vacation, benefits, flexible working, all statutory holidays, and a bonus fifth week of paid on-call leave between Christmas and New Year each winter.
We’re an exciting and innovative place to work. We look forward to your application.
Current Vacancies
OTTAWA CORRESPONDENT – DEADLINE JULY 25, 2026
Cabin Radio is hiring an Ottawa correspondent to help northerners understand what’s happening across national politics in all its forms.
Cabin Radio is the NWT’s leading independent newsroom, producing high-quality daily digital and broadcast journalism for the 45,000 residents of the territory’s 34 communities.
Based in Ottawa as a member of the Parliamentary Press Gallery, the successful candidate will be expected to power Cabin Radio’s written and broadcast coverage of Parliament, national Indigenous governments and national news through a Northwest Territories lens.
At a time of political polarization, news bans on social media and widespread disinformation, we need northerners to connect with national politics – especially as Ottawa turns its focus to the North on issues like Arctic sovereignty, the conservation economy and major projects, and as questions are raised about the country’s commitment to addressing the impacts and causes of climate change.
Huge decisions are being made that impact all residents, communities and Indigenous peoples of the North. The successful candidate will be exclusively focused on ensuring their voices are heard and their questions put on a daily basis to those in positions of power.
This is a permanent role, funded for 2026-2029 by the Metcalf Foundation and reporting to Cabin Radio’s editor and assistant editor in Yellowknife. While Ottawa-based, the successful candidate will make occasional trips to Yellowknife for training and development. There is a travel budget associated with the role.
This is a role that suits an experienced political reporter with existing Ottawa connections who is motivated by a desire to produce journalism that sets them apart from their colleagues on Parliament Hill. We don’t want the same story everyone else is filing – we want journalism that connects the North to national developments, makes sense of national politics for northerners, and delivers exclusives that help us understand the link between Ottawa and the Arctic.
This role also suits an experienced northern reporter prepared to relocate to Ottawa and rapidly develop the connections they’ll need to match their extensive knowledge of the NWT, northern politics and northern communities.
Applications are welcome from candidates with broadcast backgrounds, candidates with written journalism backgrounds and those with specialist skills in digital media. The role will adapt to the candidate that fills it, meaning you should make clear in your application where your strengths lie – and how you will use those strengths to engage northerners in your work.
If you have questions, ask our editor, who’ll be glad to set up a time to talk before you apply.
Key skills:
– Political literacy
A wide-ranging knowledge of federal and national Indigenous politics is vital, as is experience unpacking national issues for audiences who weren’t paying attention until now. We will expect the successful candidate to know how to navigate the House of Commons, the Senate, ITK and the AFN, or be able to demonstrate how they will rapidly develop that knowledge.
This role won’t be about accepting assignments each day. It’ll be about identifying how to report national stories in a way that separates us from southern outlets and provides extra insight to northerners. We will seek to generate deep, rich journalism for the North when national outlets scratch the surface.
– Northern literacy
The successful candidate must also be able to identify issues at a national level that have consequences in the Northwest Territories and Canada’s broader North, and be able to pursue meaningful answers that help northerners understand what’s happening.
The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrably elevate the profile of northern issues in the national political discourse through their reporting and the questions they ask. To do that, they’ll first need to understand how the Northwest Territories works, how territorial politics here is different from anything in the south, what it really means to live in small NWT communities, and what our audience cares about.
– Communication and collaboration
As the successful candidate, your reporting will be central to Cabin Radio’s coverage of national news. That means the ability to clearly and proactively communicate from your bureau, thousands of kilometres from the newsroom, will be vital.
You’ll be expected to help colleagues incorporate your material into newscasts, reels, written reporting and podcasts, and your day can range from filing copy under deadline to making live radio appearances that explain the latest issues.
Helpful assets:
– Broadcast experience
If you have significant on-air experience in TV, radio or on social, great. We’ll make use of that on a daily basis in both live and pre-recorded environments.
– Print experience
If you have significant experience writing for print or digital, great. We’ll make use of that on a daily basis, powering the news website for which Cabin Radio is best known in the North.
– Ideas
We’re ready to look at new approaches in political journalism. We aren’t tied to decades-old ways of working and our number one concern is simply: does our audience understand what’s going on? We’re excited to hear from you about ways to evolve political and national reporting so that a 20-year-old in Tsiigehtchic feels as informed as a 55-year-old in Yellowknife.
About the role:
– Structure
This is a Monday-to-Friday daytime role with regular alterations to the schedule to allow for coverage of fast-evolving political events.
– Location
This role is Ottawa-based, working from home and with Parliamentary Press Gallery facilities.
– Pay and benefits
This role has a salary bracket of $70,000-$80,000 annually and comes with Cabin Radio’s employee health benefits package, four weeks’ paid annual vacation and all stat holidays (though some stats may involve on-call status).
About Cabin Radio:
– Formed in 2017 by five Yellowknife residents. Entirely locally owned and operated.
– Winner of the Canadian Association of Journalists’ national Daily Excellence award and the Michener Awards Foundation’s inaugural Norman Webster Fellowship for ambitious local news.
– Valued by our audience, who donate monthly, buy our merch and expect us to inform, entertain and enhance the lives of NWT residents.
To apply:
Email your cover letter, résumé and two references to our editor, Ollie Williams. Your cover letter should set out your interest in the role and how you meet the criteria set out under “Key Skills” and “Helpful Assets” above. You’re welcome to submit examples of your work – written, broadcast and/or social – in support of your application, to the same email address.
The deadline for receipt of applications is 11pm MT on Saturday July 25, 2026.
