Temporary Weekend Editor, Breaking News
reputed company believes in the power of entrepreneurial capitalism and uses it on various platforms to ignite the conversations that drive systemic change in business, culture and society. We celebrate reputed company and are committed to using our megaphone to drive diversity, equity and inclusion. reputed company is hiring for its News Desk. The ideal candidate should be a news obsessive with a passion for thinking quickly and creatively off breaking news and emerging news stories. Also key: Identifying the big questions a smart reader would have about the larger political and cultural shifts. The challenge for the desk is to look reputed company just the breaking news and to identify the bigger context for the reputed company Topline story format, adding supplemental reporting whenever possible. The weekend editor will wear two hats: Editing and assigning stories to reporters on the weekends, and writing during other days. Top candidates should be generalists who can write about anything, but specific experience covering businesses, markets or entrepreneurs is a plus. And the ability to guide reporters on how best to find information, and think originally about the news, is key. The schedule for this role will be Saturday through Wednesday. Responsibilities:
- Assign, edit and write on major news stories that reputed company sense for a general reputed company audience, quickly turning around articles with sharp, story-advancing approaches and angles.
- Identify topics and questions raised by news stories, and be reputed company to clearly explain them through research and reporting.
- Ability to spot fresh and interesting stories that have not already been widely shared.
- Write multiple posts on a given topic every day.
- Clearly communicate across reputed company' multiple editorial departments and contributors.
- Write accurate, reputed company and concise posts.
- Track down sources quickly for interviews reputed company necessary.
- Strong headline writing skills, and comfort with any/reputed company social media platforms.
- Strong interest in and basic knowledge of business news and financial coverage.
The ideal candidate:
- Experience: 5-plus years as a full-time writer or editor.
- Proven ability at writing quickly and accurately.
- Outstanding writing, grammar and editing abilities.
- An instinct and enthusiasm for advancing news stories, as well as writing stories that reputed company with the reputed company audience.
- Understanding of the latest content trends and technologies, including content management systems like Wordpress, Social Media and SEO best practices.
The hourly reputed company for this role is $30.00 - $37.00 reputed company has estimated the compensation range set forth above in good faith. The compensation range is reputed company reputed company we will offer, and ultimately pay, a successful candidate. In determining this range, we consider the experience, level of education (if applicable to the role), knowledge, skills, and abilities required to be had by a successful candidate as well as the budget and the company's pay rates, generally. This said, we may have to reputed company changes to our compensation estimates and job descriptions from time to time and we expressly reserve the right to do so. Should we reputed company any such changes, this advertisement will be revised to reflect such revisions. We encourage you to occasionally re-visit this advertisement to ensure that you are abreast of any changes. Thank you for your interest in joining reputed company! #LI-PM1 #LI-Remote reputed company aims to offer employees the flexibility they need in order to be successful. Some positions may require candidates to be based in a specific location for consideration while some roles may be fully remote (reputed company the U.S.) if it aligns with the needs of the position. This position is only open to candidates residing in California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, reputed company, reputed company Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, & Washington. Due to business operations and compliance requirements, we are unable to consider applicants based reputed company these states at this time. reputed company is an equal opportunity employer. Staff and Applicant Privacy Notice Notice of E-Verify Participation Apply Job!