"Nick Mott is hired to cover the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and associated public lands, wildlife, water and rural community impact. The role is in partnership with Report for America, of which Mott will be one of 78 new corps members placed in local newsrooms across the country."
"Mott will be an employee of Mountain Journal, with the newsrooms and Report for America splitting the costs of his salary as part of their new collaboration. Mott comes to Mountain Journal as a longtime freelance journalist in the Livingston, Montana area."
"“Nick is an excellent journalist with a boots-on-the-ground reporting approach that will build confidence with readers and sources across Greater Yellowstone and beyond,” said Mountain Journal Managing Editor Joseph T. O'Connor. “We work together well, and his experience collaborating with High Country News will make this a seamless and strong relationship as he comes aboard alongside Climate Reporter Juhlin Ellis, our other Report for America/ Grist corps member.”"
"The hire marks one of the first in High Country News' Western Environmental Reporting Collaborative, which creates a West-wide corps of environmental reporters working in local newsrooms alongside the magazine. HCN will have reporters embedded in three additional newsrooms for the inaugural year, including Arizona Luminaria, Ouray County Plaindealer and Wyoming Public Media."
Nick Mott is hired as a reporter for Mountain Journal to cover the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem and related public lands, wildlife, water, and rural community impacts. The position is supported through a partnership with Report for America, placing Mott among 78 new corps members in local newsrooms nationwide. Mountain Journal employs Mott, with salary costs split between Mountain Journal and Report for America. Mott previously worked as a freelance journalist in Livingston, Montana, hosts and creates the podcast The Wide Open, and authored the 2023 book This Is Wildfire. His reporting experience includes work for High Country News and Mountain Journal. The hire also connects to High Country News’ Western Environmental Reporting Collaborative, embedding reporters in multiple local newsrooms and sharing stories through syndication networks.
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