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:
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 meaningful 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 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
NWT Communities Reporter
Cabin Radio is hiring a reporter based in our Yellowknife newsroom to cover key civics issues across almost 30 of the territory’s smaller communities.
Think of yourself as a City Hall reporter with dozens of communities on your watch. When local leaders make important decisions, people will be turning to your journalism to understand what’s happening.
It will be your responsibility to track the issues facing community governments, Indigenous governments and the territorial government and the impact their decisions have on the lives of residents in smaller NWT communities.
We’ll expect you to cover major gatherings, like the assemblies of Indigenous governments, right through to regular meetings of bands and municipalities. Your reporting will ensure governments at all levels are accountable to residents, and our audience will rely on you to know about big decisions in their home communities, what those decisions mean, and what happens next.
Your reporting will be primarily written – for the Cabin Radio website and the Local Journalism Initiative, meaning your work will be distributed to the Canadian Press wire – with opportunities for broadcast journalism.
Your application must demonstrate that you can:
- Produce clear, concise and impactful written journalism to tight deadlines
- Hold people in power to account and ask tough, fair questions
- Make complex issues easier for people to understand
- Report with sensitivity and nuance on life in small, isolated Indigenous communities
To apply, send the following to our editor, Ollie Williams, by 11pm MT on June 26:
- One-page cover letter outlining why this is the right role for you
- Résumé setting out all relevant experience
- Three examples of work in areas of journalism related to this job description
Reporter / Assistant Editor
Cabin Radio is hiring a reporter based in our Yellowknife newsroom to take on a wide range of fast-turnaround news reporting and serve as an assistant editor as required.
This position requires confidence handling the written word – both your own ability to quickly write clear, concise and engaging copy, and your ability to scrutinize and polish the work of others.
As a reporter, you’ll be covering an extremely wide range of topics, from developing breaking news stories to significant and long-running environmental, economic and political issues. You’ll be given room to work on longer-form reporting, too.
In the assistant editor role, you’ll have some weekday and occasional weekend responsibility for newsroom output. You’ll help to guide a small newsroom that has built a reputation for robust, high-quality and engaging journalism. Cabin Radio was shortlisted for the Canadian Association of Journalists’ national Daily Excellence award in 2023.
You’ll need to quickly develop confidence assigning and editing stories, and be able to ensure output matches our house style while helping our reporters to develop.
This is a role for a reporter with some experience who is excited to help take a northern newsroom to the next level, or a journalist with a passion for editing who is looking to develop their skill set and become part of the heartbeat of a thriving news organization.
Your application must demonstrate that you can:
- Reliably steer coverage of breaking news, from making the calls to writing the copy
- Work collaboratively and creatively in a small newsroom to meet the demands of the day
- Carefully and constructively edit copy to a high editorial standard
To apply, send the following to our editor, Ollie Williams, by 11pm MT on June 26:
- One-page cover letter outlining why this is the right role for you
- Résumé setting out all relevant experience
- Three examples of work in areas of journalism related to this job description
