Part-Time Freelance Reporter

Description:
• 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

Requirements:
• 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

Benefits: