Debtwire North America's team of experienced financial journalists identify stressed, distressed, bankrupt and post restructuring situations within the high yield bond and leveraged loan markets. We then focus on providing actionable intelligence for readers on the latest advisory engagements, liability management strategies, operational performance and inter-creditor negotiations.

The Investigative Capital Markets Reporter will cover the leveraged finance markets across multiple industries. Our editorial approach is credit-specific rather than market-wide, and we routinely break news in the restructuring, distressed and primary issuance markets. We're looking for individuals who are adept at building a network of contacts to deliver exclusive, source-driven copy. The ideal candidate will possess strong writing skills and a drive to break news on this fast-paced, real-time beat. Determination to beat the competition and succeed is more important than experience. You will be trained by our market-leading team to become a well-connected sector expert who delivers high impact reporting every day.

Responsibilities
-Ongoing source development: staying in touch with market contacts and cold calling to make new connections
-Uncovering market-moving intel: mandates, investment strategies, deal negotiations, private financials
-Staying aware of and responding to public market events of relevance such as key earnings announcements, regulatory disclosures, litigations, conference calls, Ch. 11 filings
-Teamwork: confirming leads of your colleagues, and helping get news leads outside of your designated beat
-Analytical thinking: Editorial content also delves into detailed analysis of recovery scenarios, relative value and buyside strategy

Skills, Experience and Qualifications
-0-5 years of experience working in a fast-paced newsroom and the desire to break news
-Ability to write clean, accurate copy under tight deadline pressure
-Knack for networking and source building
-Strong organizational and time management skills

Science Feedback is looking for a climate science editor (full-time or part-time freelance) to review the credibility of influential claims and articles on climate science-related topics in collaboration with scientists and academics. We are looking for thoughtful, methodical, and rigorous candidates with a deep commitment to scientific objectivity and good knowledge of climate science.

Skills required:
-Strong motivation to help Internet users find accurate information, be willing to debunk misinformation wherever it comes from (for instance, from those who exaggerate or downplay climate change impacts)
-Excellent knowledge about how science works, the scientific method to (in)validate hypotheses
-Good knowledge about state-of-the-art scientific research
-Excellent understanding of the scientific publication process; be able to identify academics’ expertise based on the quality of their scientific publications and recognize potential conflicts of interest
-Ability to explain scientific results and processes in terms understandable to a broad audience
-Excellent writing and editing skills
-Perfect mastery of English (native speakers preferred), professional fluency in other languages is a plus
-Ability to draft posts and publish in WordPress
-Non-partisanship: Our staff and freelance contributors are required to abstain from advocacy/political campaigning

Experience needed:
-Experience writing about climate change science and interviewing scientists
-Experience working as a science journalist, editor at a scientific journal or a fact-checker a strong plus
-Candidates with a scientific background (PhD or Master of Science) or a science journalism background are both encouraged to apply

National magazine publisher is seeking an Editorial Assistant. Our magazines blend a fresh, modern, creative design aesthetic with mainstream consumer appeal. Our editorial and design teams work in a fast-paced environment where the ability to turn out pages quickly without sacrificing quality is important. The company believes in the power of print to connect with passionate consumers by fusing quality editorial, design and photos, and has a culture in which talented individuals thrive.

The Editorial Assistant will report to our Editorial Director and will provide general support to the team. He/she will participate in multiple stages of editorial production. Typical duties may include:

Providing research
Writing anything from sidebars to longer form articles, (of various subjects including health/wellness, home décor, travel, pop culture, etc.).
Reading over copy to make sure it is current and cohesive.
Miscellaneous administrative duties as assigned.
Requirements:

Administrative and/or content creation experience in a creative, fast-paced office environment (such as a magazine or publishing job or internship).
A major in Journalism, or equivalent educational background.
Proficiency in Excel and InDesign.
Keen attention to detail and the ability to multitask
Ability to handle high volumes of work independently.

POSITION SUMMARY
We’re looking for a talented editor-writer who is fascinated by and obsessed with the causes, challenges and opportunities associated with the climate crisis. They will be a visionary and ambitious news leader who will help grow our journalistic endeavor. They will nurture and expand our existing publishing partnerships, establish new ones, and build the reputation of Nexus Media News by delivering unique, original content on a wide variety of climate-related topics. We strive to tell the human stories of climate change – the impacts, the policies and the solutions, always with an eye towards justice, and always with full editorial independence. This position requires someone with an inquisitive mind, a hunger to unlock the knotty puzzle of climate change, a knack for spotting compelling storylines and a commitment to professional-level journalism. Nexus Media News strives to create content our partner publications’ audiences will find valuable, and we work closely with editors in each outlet to make sure the content meets their standards. The Editor will also be an integral part of our efforts to expand financial support for our independent, non-profit research and reporting.

RESPONSIBILITIES
The Editor reports to the Director of Nexus Media and will:

Work with the Nexus Media News team to conceive and execute fresh, creative reporting projects on a monthly basis
Write an editor’s note for each issue (example here)
Write one well-researched article per month; either a feature story (see sample story) or op-ed / analysis (sample op-ed) usually around 1,000 to 1,200 words
Spot emerging storylines and under-covered themes in the climate space and turn them into concise, powerful story concepts to assign to contributors
Identify possible freelancers by reaching out to climate journalists, soliciting contributors on Twitter, posting to the job boards of professional societies and other methods
Field pitches from potential contributors, assigning stories that are relevant to grant work or other collaborative projects
Set deadlines, draft contracts, and make offers of payment
Assign, edit and publish five feature stories per month, written by contributors. See these previous examples, typically 1,000 to 1,200 words in length
Fact-check stories carefully
Identify ways to polish and improve submitted articles
Write headlines
After the copyedit, upload to our CMS using SEO best practices
Add photos to the story, ensuring we have the rights, or use public domain libraries
Maintain contact with existing partners and offer new content when available
Place stories with partners through pitch emails, upload content to partner’s CMS per their guidelines (if requested by partners), track republications
Work closely with partner publication editors on final drafts and necessary revisions
Identify new potential outlets for our content and collaborative projects
Actively seek to engage with new editors and widen the scope of NXM partnerships
Work to identify new outlets for our daily Top Story content: for archived examples see here
Help strategize fundraising opportunities to expand our offering of independent, non-profit journalism

JOB QUALIFICATIONS
Bachelor’s degree and three-plus years of experience writing and/or editing articles to professional journalism standards
Demonstrated ability to edit the work of multiple reporters and writers on an ongoing basis
Strong news judgment and the ability to conceptualize original, engaging approaches to stories — and to pitch them to a wide variety of publishers
A solid track record of meeting deadlines and, ideally, motivating others to meet deadlines, sometimes within very short timeframes
Knowledge of climate science, environmental justice, sustainability and/or other related fields

PREFERRED
Experience in a professional newsroom or commercial news organization
Adept at employing SEO best practices/optimization within WordPress or similar CMS
Familiar with frontline, local, regional, or national groups working on climate change or environmental issues
Deep knowledge of the climate and clean energy landscape, including policy issues, political context, industry/market developments, and cultural aspects

QUALITIES
Enthusiasm for connecting with audiences and informing the public
Ability to prioritize assignments and work with contributors who have different styles and personalities
Regards deadlines as deadly serious
Energetic and willing to be part of a small, nimble team, and eager to help problem-solve whenever necessary
Demonstrates commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion

LOCATION
Flexible. Climate Nexus has Washington, D.C. and New York City offices, although our staff is now fully remote. Remote candidates will be considered, although occasional travel to our New York and D.C. offices will be required when it is safe.

While we value work/life balance, due to the nature of news, this role will sometimes require work outside traditional hours.

SALARY
The salary range for this position is $75K to $85K and commensurate with experience. Climate Nexus offers a generous benefits package, including paid vacation, personal and sick leave; standard health, dental, and vision packages; generous employer contributions to 401k retirement accounts; parental leave; commuter transit benefit.

HOW TO APPLY
Applicants should submit a resume and cover letter to jobs@nexusmedianews.com with “Nexus Media News Editor” in the subject line. The deadline to apply is July 16th.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY & INCLUSION
We strive to create a safe, diverse, and inclusive workplace. We welcome people of all gender identities, races, sexual orientations, physical or mental abilities, ethnicities, religions, ages, and perspectives. We believe striving for diversity, equity, and inclusion is key to the fight for climate justice and the success of the climate movement itself.

Climate Nexus is an equal opportunity employer and committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and encourages qualified persons of diverse age, sex, ethnicity, religion, disability, sexual orientation or gender identity, or military/veteran status to apply.

We're launching a BRAND NEW website separate from RealtyHop that focuses on offbeat real estate news, as well as the latest on New York City neighborhoods, events, unusual apartments, architecture, neighborhood lore and the latest trends shaping the city.

Candidates should be able to collect, analyze and present facts about newsworthy events in NYC — particularly anything real estate related.

The topics they present — either by interview, investigation, observation or aggregation — should be suitable for all platforms in a manner that is clear, engaging and meaningful to news consumers. Duties:

• Arrange interviews with people who can provide information about stories

• Review copy and correct errors in content, grammar and punctuation, following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines

• Review and evaluate notes taken about event aspects to isolate pertinent facts and details • Determine a story’s emphasis, length and format, and organize material accordingly

• Research and analyze background information related to news stories to be able to provide complete and accurate information.

Jewish Currents is seeking an Assistant Editor to write frequently for the website and magazine and help direct editorial coverage.

Jewish Currents covers a wide variety of topics, including Israel/Palestine, antisemitism, US politics, labor, movement politics, race, immigration, and the climate crisis. The Assistant Editor will help set short-term and long-term goals for online coverage, develop fruitful relationships with writers and thinkers on our beats, and identify story opportunities in which Jewish Currents can make a robust intervention. You do not have to be Jewish—or a current expert in Jewish politics—to be right for this job, though you must demonstrate a familiarity with our work and our positioning in the media landscape. Eventually, this job will include becoming an expert in the issues we cover, and representing the magazine in public appearances as necessary.

The Assistant Editor is expected to turn around sharp, timely articles that make essential interventions in the news cycle. Jewish Currents occupies a unique space between news outlet and journal, and publishes at a rate of one article daily; we are seeking a person with a vision for achieving maximum impact at this pace, both as a writer and a commissioning editor. We are building a model where every piece counts, and has lasting value beyond its peg.

The Assistant Editor is responsible for both writing and editing work:

Writing
- Be capable of turning around stories ranging from breaking news analysis to deeply-reported features at a timely pace.
- Be adept at collecting, verifying, and analyzing newsworthy information, and delivering clean copy with sharp analysis.
- Be eager to brainstorm about how to expand Jewish Currents’s coverage, and to work in a fun, collaborative environment.
- Be comfortable working across mediums, including contributing to podcasts.
- Carve out beats, develop sources, chase leads, and publish great work, abiding by standards of journalistic ethics.
- Stay up-to-date with the latest current events on your beats by studying papers, attending events etc.

Editing
- Attend and contribute to editorial staff meetings, following up with freelancers when required.
- Generate sharp ideas and enlightening angles for stories across our beats.
- Undertake first-draft edits on articles, conversations, newsletters, and other materials.
- Assist staff in recruiting, commissioning, and supervising freelance writers.
- Assign and supervise fact-checking and copy editing for content you are editing as needed.

Requirements
- 2+ years of relevant professional experience
- Exceptional editorial skills
- Competency with core elements of reporting and investigations including source cultivation, security, research, and more
- Strong sense of the most important story, and a hunger to both make and shape news cycles and discourse
- Ability to articulate our vision and our work to donors, grantors, strategic partners, and as a participant on forums, panels, and in other media
- Natural leadership qualities and a collaborative spirit
- Ability to work remotely

Compensation
- $52,000 yearly salary
- Great benefits package

Jewish Currents is an equal opportunity employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. Jewish Currents is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Jewish Currents are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to age, race, color, creed/religion, disability, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran or military service member status, familial status, marital status, domestic violence victim status, genetic information, arrest and/or criminal conviction record, or any other category protected by law. Jewish Currents will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics. We highly encourage individuals from marginalized groups of any kind to apply.

This is a position covered under the collective bargaining agreement with the WGA-E.

UPMC Corporate is looking for a Manager, Science Writing to join our team at the US Steel Building in Pittsburgh, PA! The role will work in the US Steel building, however, there is the flexibility for work from home given the current times. This person will work closely with our clinical public relations team to publicize assigned areas, notably research findings from the top NIH-funded University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and affiliated schools of the health sciences. We’re looking for someone who is comfortable navigating scientific research, has strong writing skills, a news reporting background, and possesses a talent for translating health sciences research into engaging news for the public. Enthusiasm for pitching science news and matching stories with the best reporters and outlets is a “must.”

Employees in this position have repeatedly used the skills they’ve gained to progress to leadership roles. If you have a background as a Science or Medical Writer and are ready to take the next step in your career, apply today!

Responsibilities:

Cultivate and maintain strong, credible relationships with all appropriate regional, national and international media.
Manage media crises in assigned areas.
Appropriately prioritize beat areas for media coverage to meet organizational goals.
Identify and develop relationships with all appropriate contacts in regional and national broadcast news organizations for the benefit of the Media Relations group.
Demonstrate service-oriented behavior in interactions with clients and co-workers.
Work collaboratively with colleagues in other marketing and communications departments.
Create, execute and evaluate media strategies for assigned areas.
Coordinate with pertinent scientific and professional organizations to promote assigned areas.
Seek professional development opportunities for self and staff and mentor colleagues.

Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Public Relations, Communications, Journalism or English Writing plus five years of combined experience in general writing with a minimum of three years of science writing, OR Master's degree plus five years of combined experience in general writing including a minimum of three years of science writing preferred, OR PhD or MD plus three years of science writing.
Significant experience translating scientific/medical language to a lay person's understanding
Experience providing clients with strategic counsel.
Experience in an academic medical center strongly preferred. Undergraduate/graduate coursework in health-related sciences strongly preferred.
Exceptional written and verbal communications skills required.
Sound news judgment and track record of identifying and promoting stories of interest to regional, national and international media.

We're looking for part-time writers to join Latina's staff. Priority is given to writers with experience writing in politics and news.

POSITION SUMMARY

Spectrum is looking for an experienced and savvy data reporter to bring a new era of quantitative reporting to our site.

Spectrum is an autism news site intended for scientists, although many non-scientists read us too. We seek a data maven who is excited to analyze data from autism research and produce valuable databases, maps and visualizations.

You’ll take on long-term projects, including creating databases of autism drugs and designing interactive graphics, such as our map of global autism prevalence. You’ll also produce data-driven news stories and accompanying graphics.

You will work with our award-winning team to find the stories behind the numbers in autism research, hold scientists accountable, and find trends by connecting dots. This is a fantastic opportunity for a data-visualization expert looking to dive into an exciting and rapidly growing field.

Bring at least three years of experience in data-driven reporting. We offer a generous salary and truly excellent benefits.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

Assess the news value of data and data analysis

Report data-driven news and feature stories and help produce accompanying graphics and interactive applications

Collaborate with the multimedia director, reporters and developers to create high-quality, data-driven graphics and elements to accompany traditional stories

Build new forms of storytelling devices to illustrate ideas that aren’t best communicated with text alone

Write news, profile and long-form stories that educate, challenge and inspire our audience of scientists

Cultivate sources, embed yourself in the community and be the first to know about trends and provocative advances

Attend and report from conferences

Keep abreast of trends in digital storytelling as well as programming techniques

JOB REQUIREMENTS

Attention to detail and ability to thoroughly check work for accuracy

Working knowledge of Excel

Proficiency with relational databases and structured query language (SQL)

Strong analytical, research and investigative skills

Experience with public-records requests for databases

Familiarity with math and basic statistics for data analysis

Experience analyzing data with code (Python, R)

Familiarity with mapping applications using geographic information systems (GIS)

Command of HTML, CSS and JS

Knowledge of D3 and Illustrator is a plus.

REQUIRED APPLICATION MATERIALS

Please submit a résumé, a portfolio of your work and cover letter stating your interest in the position.

The Simons Foundation’s Diversity Commitment

Many of the greatest ideas and discoveries come from a diverse mix of minds, backgrounds and experiences, and we are committed to cultivating an inclusive work environment. The Simons Foundation actively seeks a diverse applicant pool and encourages candidates of all backgrounds to apply. We provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic disposition, neurodiversity, disability, veteran status or any other protected category under federal, state and local law.

Overview

Our Content Editors play an important role in helping CR produce best-in-class, reader-focused service content across digital, print, interactive, social, video, and emerging platforms.
As both manager and mentor, you will work with writers to shape stories and edit content to produce award-winning and trusted guidance for consumers on topics that resonate with new and diverse audiences, ranging from how your car can make the air cleaner to practical tips on choosing the best antivirus software and understanding new CDC guidelines, for example.

Responsibilities

• Assign, edit and direct content production on complex product categories and consumer issues for print, digital, video, and social platforms
• Manage and mentor staff writers, editing and revising work as needed to meet deadlines and organizational strategy
• Collaborate with teams across our organization (Test Engineers, Market Analysts, Survey, Advocacy, Communications, Statistics, Design, and other key stakeholders) to maximize resources and consumer impact
• Pursue enterprise stories, working closely with teams across the organization
• As needed, act as both in-house spokesperson and CR representative for media outreach, along with tradeshows and industry events, as needed
• May act as on-camera subject-matter expert for CR video platforms
• Summarize and interpret data and market information to fuel reader-focused stories

Qualifications

• You have significant experience writing and editing the work of others and meeting rigid deadlines
• You can translate statistical and technical data into accurate and compelling content in a range of media formats
• You understand the unique content needs and conventions across all platforms including print, digital, video and social media
• You have experience hiring, training, and developing staff
• You excel at motivating a staff of professionals to achieve high performance

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