Job Details
Trending/Breaking News Blogger, MSNBC Digital
Trending/Breaking News Blogger, MSNBC Digital
Salary: $75,000 - $100,000
• Emerging Level
Summary
We’re looking for a writer to help grow MSNBC Digital’s Blog team. You will report to the team’s senior editor and work closely with other digital editors and writers to drive the conversation and attract new audiences to MSNBC, with a focus on breaking and trending topics.
Category
Digital Media
Editor
Social Media
Writers
Location
Greater New York City Area
Time Period
Full Time
Posted Date
Jul 27, 2023
Start Date
N/A
End Date
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Job Description
We’re looking for a writer to help grow MSNBC Digital’s Blog team. You will report to the team’s senior editor and work closely with other digital editors and writers to drive the conversation and attract new audiences to MSNBC, with a focus on breaking and trending topics. You will have excellent judgment, a deep understanding of journalistic standards and a track record that proves you can hew to the standards of the NBCU News Group.
You will have superb editing skills, an understanding of what stories in the politics and culture spaces are most important, an eye for entertaining and unique angles, and a proven track record of success in a fast-tempo newsroom.
What you will do:
You will have superb editing skills, an understanding of what stories in the politics and culture spaces are most important, an eye for entertaining and unique angles, and a proven track record of success in a fast-tempo newsroom.
What you will do:
- Write concise, compelling takes on the day’s breaking and trending news
- Collaborate across editorial and platform teams to optimize reader engagement
- Contribute to MSNBC live blogs as needed
- Establish and meet NBCU News Group’s rigorous Standards and Legal guidelines
- Read widely and stay abreast of the competition
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of relevant working experience
- 3+ years working in a newsroom environment, breaking news experience preferred
- 2+ years working in a strictly digital shop
- Must be willing to write on a broad spectrum of topics
- Must be able to file quickly and often, depending on the day's news cycle
- Must have the desire to work in a creative, demanding, competitive environment
- Must be a skilled writer with outstanding communication skills
- Must be professional, organized and nimble working across teams
Salary range: $75k-100k.
Job Type
Full Time
Weekly Limit
N/A
Shift
Day
Attached Files
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