Reporter

Job Description

Part-Time Freelance Reporter, US

JOB DESCRIPTION

Fox News Digital is seeking an experienced Part-Time Freelance Reporter, US to join our team. You are a seasoned journalist with years of experience in a major newsroom with vast experience in US news coverage. You have a wide range of sources that will enable you to break news and dig in on original and exclusive reporting.

A SNAPSHOT OF RESPONSIBILITIES
• Responsible for original, enterprise and investigative reporting
• Must be able to respond to breaking news on beat and turn stories accurately under pressure
• Ability to travel to breaking news events at a moment's notice
• Ability to consistently produce stories with original video, interviews, photos and graphic elements
• Ideal candidate will have a robust rolodex of criminal, legal and police contacts
• Pitch stories daily as well as execute assignments, including field assignments

WHAT YOU WILL NEED
• 3+ years professional newsroom experience
• Experience covering US/WORLD news at a national media outlet, digital experience preferred
• Experience covering crime, courts, legal, and investigations
• Knowledge of AP style writing
• Command of PACER, Lexis-Nexis, FOIA requests
• Command of SEO
• Experience with digital analytics to monitor, build traffic
• Experience with headlines
• CMS, WordPress knowledge
• Willingness to travel domestically/internationally
• Possess a competitive spirit
• Possess an ''on-call'' mentality and be prepared to work outside of shift in emergency or breaking news conditions
• Ability to travel / operate in the field
• Eager to network out of the office
• Voracious consumer of news
• Bachelor's degree in journalism or a related field is study is preferred, or equivalent experience

Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay rate/range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location is $35.00-44.47 per hour for high cost labour markets such as but not limited to New York City and Los Angeles, $29.00-37.00 per hour for all other US locations.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-yjpx0m-3-14-150-131-42 in your application.