NEW00002349 — Wealth Management Reporter (Level 1 Journalist)
Overview:
Reuters seeks a veteran reporter familiar with the retail brokerage world to write two or three columns a week on the core business needs of financial advisers and other wealth managers. We are looking for a strong writer who can produce two to three weekly columns on Practice Management -- ranging from management techniques about how to cull client lists, plan for succession and buying cost-effective technology to personality features about interesting advisers. Prior reporting experience on beats such as practice management, business management or small business issues is helpful. Column writing experience preferred. The candidate should be able stretch to help other team members cover broader issues about the brokerage world and may be asked to participate in Reuters video presentations.

Law360, published by Portfolio Media, Inc. is online daily newswire that covers breaking legal news for a sophisticated audience of lawyers at firms, corporations and government agencies.

We are currently recruiting for talented News Assistants to join our NYC team!

Reporting to Assistant Managing Editors, our News Assistants are responsible for researching and pitching story ideas, corresponding with readers and sources, assisting reporters with advisory board meetings and background research, maintaining conference and event calendars, and light administrative work.

News Assistants may also be given opportunities to write for the newswire.

This is the perfect opportunity for a recent college-grad looking to begin a career in reporting! Law360 offers a professional, yet casual and flexible, environment for you to develop story ideas enhance research skills and sharpen your reporting abilities.

Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in journalism or related field
Demonstrated research and writing skills
Strong organizational skills
Interest in pursuing a career in journalism

Preferences:
Media or publishing industry experience
Research experience

Law360 offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, paid time off, 401(k) and other perks.

Qualified candidates will be asked to complete writing and reporting tests electronically.

Portfolio Media, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Writing 3 articles weekly with a focus on French and Francophone culture in New York
- Finding the focus of your article
- Writing the articles - 400 words max.
- Articles must be written in English

Location: Latin America – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Description: TV Reporter/Producer – 12 Month Contract

Responsibilities:

Thomson Reuters is looking for a self-driven and dynamic on air journalist to join our Latin America desk - to report on the Latin America region while located in Brazil. The successful candidate has to combine economic, political and general news coverage of Latin America that will connect the dots that makes sense for Thomson Reuters internal and external customers.

This is a creative and challenging position requiring excellent news judgment, and the ability to report across borders. He/She would also need to be effective at appearing on camera to do daily LIVE hits, as well as write, edit and voice packages.

He/She should be equally comfortable covering an earthquake, producing a diplomatic analysis and writing colorful stories on distinctive social, cultural and technological features to serve broadcast clients.

Qualifications

Proven track record covering economic, political and general news (minimum 4 years experience)
Strong on-camera presence (examples of on-camera work essential)
• Ability to work under tight deadlines, digesting sometimes complex regional stories quickly
• Ability to write and edit TV packages, using visuals to their fullest potential
• Working knowledge of Portuguese
• Ability to work with the TV team in Brazil, also in the large network of Reuters TV producers across the region
• Ability to use digital editing systems to produce packages and shoot is a plus

Please send CV reel to: elizabeth.koraca@thomsonreuters.com

Do you like playing beer-league softball as much as watching the big game with friends? Do you spend weekends hiking, competing in obstacle course races and updating your fantasy sports team? Blood, Sweat & Cheers is looking for you to be our writer/editor.
Role and Responsibilities:
• Write well-reported, properly copyedited and hilarious copy on deadline
• Manage two editorial calendars, keep your ear to the ground and generate two unique, under-the-radar story ideas daily
• Efficiently brainstorm click-worthy email subjects, witty magazine-style headlines and SEO-friendly headlines
• Integrate SEO best practices into editorial copy
• Live and breathe "play lifestyle culture," have an eye for style and trends in sports gear and fashion
• Have a stable of freelance writers that you can occasionally turn to for assignments
• Have working knowledge of HTML and Photoshop
• Have experience coordinating public relations initiatives
• Have a basic knowledge of advertorial best-practices
• Be a highly-organized, self-motivated worker who thrives in a fast-paced environment, stays cool under pressure and enjoys problem solving
• Take pride and ownership in everything you do and be a team player who helps out coworkers in a jam

Culture and Compensation:
BSC Media, LLC offers a creative, fun, fast-paced and intellectually stimulating work environment at our office in Tribeca. Compensation is competitive and includes company equity.

The North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) seeks a full-time
co-editor to produce our bimonthly magazine on Latin American politics and U.S.
relations with the region, NACLA Report on the Americas (nacla.org). The
ideal candidate will have a strong background in magazine
journalism as well as Latin American studies. Working together with a
co-editor in our New York office, the candidate will perform the following
tasks:

* Planning, in consultation with an Editorial Committee, a year¹s worth of
thematically focused issues

* Assigning and editing all sections of the magazine

* Collaborating with the other co-editor on copyediting, fact-checking, and
proofreading all sections of the magazine

* Photo and illustration editing, caption writing

* Maintaining an editorial internship program (at least one intern per
semester)

* Collecting author contracts and performing post-publication duties,
including uploading each issue to our website, handling contributor payments
and thank-you letters, and maintaining general author communications

* Planning events in the New York area to promote the magazine, such as
author lectures or media appearances

Salary: $35,000. Full health and dental coverage. Start date: September 2011
(if not sooner). Minimum one-year commitment.

Required qualifications:

* Copyediting experience, preferably with The Chicago Manual of Style

* Solid research skills and familiarity with fact-checking

* Excellent written English

* Knowledge of Latin American politics and history, as well as U.S. policy
toward the region

* Familiarity with Macintosh computers and the editing tools in Microsoft
Word

* Compatibility with the goals and perspective of NACLA

Preferred qualifications:

* Fluency in Spanish

* Academic training in Latin American studies

* Familiarity with Adobe InDesign

* Knowledge of HTML and online content-management systems

• Produce detailed content process that
scales with our growth
• Manage content for OutdoorRoadmap.com
• Create, write, format and edit web site
content
• Identify content for repurposing on ORM
• Overall management of content direction
• Interface with content providers
• Research additional content and sources to
feature on site
• Content will focus on hunters, archers and
shooters as well as relevant content to the
outdoorsman
• Edit and synopsize existing articles on the
sports we cover, including: legislation,
sport regulations, licensing information,
education
• Edit for substance, structure, grammar, and
style, with a strong focus on the reader's
perspective
• Communicate coherently and
collaboratively with experts regarding edits
to the material
• Exercise quality control over content (e.g.,
effectiveness of the discussion - its
organization, structure, clarity, accuracy of
data, elimination of typographical errors)
and integrity of content (e.g., confirm links
work, HTML renders properly, review
metadata accuracy to ensure documents
are published in proper context)
• Write short articles, summaries of articles,
and news briefs in topic areas. Support
internal teams by drafting, reviewing and
approving publication summaries for
internal notification and/or external
distribution
• Work with production staff to prepare
content for publication to web and email
products
• Make decisions in fast-paced development
environment to address opportunities
url outdoorroadmap.com
• Define and track success metrics using
analytics to demonstrate engagement and
traffic and refine editorial strategy
• Manage external and internal resources
• Help define and build our internal Editorial
team
• Build and execute content roadmaps
including recommending the infrastructure
necessary to support our goals
• Identify business improvement
opportunities, define vision and strategy,
and all elements related to each business
customer
• Work with other departments and clients to
track and communicate content
development, and to develop new content
launch plans
• Initiate and prioritize projects within
marketing and engineering and assist in
determining the best implementation
methods as well as a reasonable execution
schedule

The Christian Post is seeking full-time reporters who are able to thrive in a digital news room, and turn out breaking news, feature stories, and investigative reports.

The journalist should maintain a Bible-based, Christ-centered perspective while working with editors and reporters.

Beauty High, a StyleCaster Media Group site is looking for an entry-level beauty writer. This person will help to create content on a daily basis, as well as manage interns and contributors.
The person that fills this position should have previous internship experience in a related field, as well as the ability to quickly upload content, knowledge of beauty trends and products and be extremely personable. The pay is $2000 per month.

This position is available immediately. We are seeking young reporters who are fearless. They will be reporting 'hard news', not features. They must GO where the story is.
This will be for a new radio station under Emmis Communications in New York City. Please contact Liz Aiello. LAiello@merlinmediallc.com