Journalist - Full-Time

About Us

Upfeat is an applied AI lab working on helping people with everyday financial needs. We build AI solutions to improve the financial livelihood of people from all walks of life.

We’ve built an open, collaborative, remote-first environment and we love to learn and experiment with new ideas and technologies. We’re proud to appear in the Globe and Mail Report on Business of Canada’s Top Growing Companies. In addition to , being ranked in the Deloitte™ Technology Fast 50 program, and recognized on the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™.

Role Overview

We are building the next generation of community journalism — powered by AI, driven by human storytelling, and focused on elevating the voices of 140+ local communities across Canada. Our mission is to give underserved regions timely, relevant, and accessible news using a hybrid model of human reporting and advanced AI tools.

We are seeking a full-time journalist who is equally passionate about local news and AI-enhanced reporting. This role blends traditional journalistic instincts with modern AI workflows. You’ll research, write, and publish stories that matter to Canadian communities — while using cutting-edge AI tools to speed up discovery, analysis, verification, and content production.

If you naturally experiment with AI tools (and ideally no-code automation or agentic systems), you’ll thrive here!

What You’ll Do

• Report on hyperlocal topics across assigned Canadian communities (housing, local politics, small business, events, education, culture, etc.)

• Use AI tools — including content generation assistants, research copilots, and no-code agentic systems — to improve speed, depth, and workflow efficiency
  Conduct interviews with local residents, experts, and elected officials

• Monitor community groups, municipal channels, and emerging stories
  Produce high-quality articles with accuracy, clarity, and strong editorial judgment

• Collaborate with editorial leadership to prioritize coverage across 140 communities

• Help refine AI-supported newsroom processes and experiment with new workflows
  Uphold ethical journalism practices, fact-checking, and sourcing standards
  

What You Bring

• 1–5+ years of journalism, reporting, content writing, or editorial experience

• A demonstrated passion for community news and telling stories that matter
  Strong research skills and the ability to quickly learn local issues

• Regular, hands-on use of AI tools — ideally including:

  • ChatGPT or similar LLMs for research & outlining

  • No-code automation tools (Zapier, Make, AirOps, etc.)

  • Agentic AI tools or pipelines (Flowise, Langflow, crewAI, etc.) — huge plus

• Ability to experiment and adapt in a fast-moving, AI-infused newsroom

• Excellent written communication and ability to meet quick deadlines
  Ability to work independently in a remote environment
  
  

Why Join Us

• Help shape one of the first AI-accelerated local news networks in Canada

• Work with modern AI tools daily and help build new journalism workflows

• 100 percent remote role
  Fast-paced, innovative environment that rewards experimentation

• Be part of a mission to restore and elevate community-level reporting across Canada

We are living and thriving on diversity at Upfeat! We thank all applicants, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.