Freelance position available: An experienced Associate Producer is needed for CNN’s flagship foreign affairs program, Fareed Zakaria GPS. This position will be for occasionally filling in to gather elements, and sit with a craft editor to produce interviews and packages. Requirements: production & edit room experience, research & fact-checking skills, broad knowledge of international affairs. The ideal candidate will be detail-oriented, have strong editorial judgment, and a keen visual eye.

The Orange County Business Journal, the industry-setting regional business publication covering a community exceeding 3 million people, is seeking enterprising, aggressive journalists to join its editorial team.

We’re seeking first-tier business journalists who have a track record of breaking stories, cultivating relationships and sources, and meeting deadlines.

You’ll be writing stories for a savvy business audience; we serve a readership that includes business owners, senior executives, and the most influential business people in our community.

The full-time position requires reporters who can juggle multiple tasks, including writing news-driven articles and longer features for our weekly paper. A sophisticated understanding of business – including a working knowledge of financial statements – is a must. Journalists will be joining one of the most respected, and widely-read, business publications in the country. We are the primary source of local news for most of our subscribers.

The Orange County Business Journal is a truly anomalous print publication, whose financial performance today surpasses the dot-com boom peak of 2000. Our editorial excellence has put us in a position to grow while other print media shrink. We are not digital First, we are print First.
We’re part of one of the top three groups of local business publications in the county. Our editorial department is highly accomplished and is the primary read of Orange County’s major corporate and community players.

Our coverage area includes a roster of top technology firms that are based in Orange County – Vizio, Blizzard Entertainment, Skyworks Solutions, Alteryx, Cylance, and countless others; OC is the birthplace of Broadcom, Allergan, Western Digital and dozens of other world-renowned companies. A wealth of established and emerging medical device, ophthalmic, and drug-making companies also have large presences here, including Medtronic and Johnson & Johnson. OC also is home to a robust medical delivery ecosystem including Hoag, St. Joseph Providence, City of Hope and a UC Irvine Medical Center.

OC serves as the North American operations of Hyundai, Kia, and Mazda; Taco Bell, Chipotle, and In-N-Out Burger, along with numerous household names in the apparel and cosmetics industries. Major financial players here include Pimco and Pacific Life.

Orange County is home to renowned luxury-shopping mall South Coast Plaza, the country’s largest and most successful privately-held real-estate development company (The Irvine Company), the Disneyland Resorts and a vibrant tourism industry, as well as a thriving and an emerging ecosystem of start-up and growth-stage companies.

The right candidate will have a chance to grow with us, with possibilities beyond.

General assignment reporter: Responsible for village and schools coverage, developing and maintaining contacts throughout the coverage area with officials, employees, residents and community groups. Responsible for at least four byline stories per week, including write-ups of courts and police blotter, with daily deadlines. An additional byline article may be necessary based on breaking news or special events. Take photographs to accompany article when staff photographer is not available. Some evening and occasional weekend work will be required.
Breaking news: The editor will assign breaking news stories according to reporter's availability. Reporter may need to take photos at the scene.
Social media: Reporter will be responsible for creating a Tweet for each story, plus live Tweeting at meetings/elections when appropriate. Follow all local personalities and groups from local area and county and reTweet when appropriate. Tweet to followers about upcoming meetings and local events. Also work with editor to create Facebook posts. Other social media platforms as assigned.
Website: Reporter will be responsible for submitting shortened day-after or (in certain cases of important/breaking news) same-day stories for the web throughout the week. The schedule is determined based on what is being covered that week and when events happen.

Job Description: This position is part time, 9-12 hours per a week at our office in Lower Manhattan.
- Develop & implement processes to engage readership and increase subscription base
- Assist Editorial / Marketing teams to improve digital products
- Assist Editorial in producing podcast & video Stories
- Assist Marketing Department with marketing material
- Utilize SEO best practices to improve traffic
- Create social media engagement plan
Requirements:
- Experience with digital media, including video/audio production and content management systems
- Knowledge of google analytics and ability to analyze specific metrics to assist editorial team.
- Strong knowledge of social media
- Enthusiastic with can do attitude
- Ability to work independently
Forward cover letter and resume.

The News Assistant program is designed to give recent college graduates practical experience in a broadcast news setting. During their tenure, News Assistants are exposed to many aspects of producing a nightly television news program and may have the opportunity to rotate through any, or all of the following areas:

• Field Shoots
• Research
• Logging
• Newsdesk
• Online

Full-Time, Non-Exempt, 1 year. The application deadline is April 1, 2019.
Anticipated start Summer 2019.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Researching stories and potential interview subjects.
• Assisting producers on field shoots.
• Completing general duties associated with the newsdesk.
• Logging video feeds.
• Contributing to digital content and online post-production.
• Perform related special projects or other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Excellent writing and research skills.
• Demonstrated interest in journalism and/or television production.
• Professional phone manner and solid administrative skills.
• Strong work ethic and effective time management.
• Knowledge of PBS NewsHour‘s journalistic style.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree.
• Prior experience in a broadcast news setting preferred.
• Or equivalent combination of education and experience.

NHK General Bureau for America (NHK GBA) is seeking a full-time Associate Producer to join our news team in North America. The Associate Producer will assist NHK GBA correspondents with all aspects of news production duties including but not limited to:
- Conducting research for general, social and cultural issues, and breaking news stories;
- Pitching story ideas for feature news stories;
- Arranging and coordinating on-location filming, interviews and travel logistics;
- Traveling for domestic and international newsgathering location work, including breaking news situations;
- Preparing and reporting in English for “NHK World” (NHK’s international news service in English);
This position will start as soon as possible. You must be able to come for an in-person interview.

Basic Qualifications:
• Must show a strong interest in broadcast journalism, especially related to social and cultural issues, and breaking news;
• Be able to work under deadline pressure;
• Be a resourceful, outgoing self-starter;
• Have good communication skills;
• Be willing to travel;
• Language: Fluent English required, Japanese and Spanish preferred.
• Microsoft OFFICE skills

Weather.com is seeking a creative, analytics-savvy engagement editor to write headlines, send push alerts, brand live coverage, pitch stories and help guide the creative process for content across all of its platforms.

The ideal candidate is competitive, loves analyzing metrics/numbers and is a good communicator capable of picking up on trends found in metrics and translating them to innovative story ideas and witty headlines.

On occasion, you may be asked to write/cover breaking news, though it will not be your primary focus.

A journalism/news background is recommended, but any/all applicants who feel like the job description fits are encouraged to apply.

Successful applicants should expect to work nights and weekends.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Update the mobile apps and websites with engaging posts.

Send engaging push alerts.

Help identify the stories that will resonate the most with our audience.

Pitch and produce stories for platform-specific audiences.

Respond to breaking news.

Quickly create, rewrite and aggregate content.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Ability to craft headlines that engage readers.

Knowledge of SEO best practices.

Sharp writing and editing skills.

Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop.

High comfort level with various content management systems.

Weather and science knowledge.

Understanding of web analytics.

Education and Experience Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Communications or related field or equivalent work experience.

Minimum 2-4 years experience. Experience writing headlines is a plus.

Experience in breaking news environment a double plus.

This position is responsible for gathering, preparing and delivering accurate news stories to the viewing audience
in a professional, ethical and captivating manner via in station broadcast, on-scene live coverage, and prerecorded
programs. This position also shoots and edits the news stories.

This position is responsible for covering local, regional professional athletic and sporting events, providing both live on-the-scene reporting and analysis and pre-recorded programs.

Charlottesville Tomorrow seeks an Education Reporter to lead its coverage of public education in Charlottesville and Albemarle County and to work as part of an ambitious, hyperlocal nonprofit newsroom.

JOB DESCRIPTION
The Education Reporter will lead Charlottesville Tomorrow’s education journalism initiatives, with a particular focus on expanding the impact of its news coverage, diversifying its perspectives, developing its source and information network, covering important stories, and working on engagement and solutions journalism initiatives.

The Education Reporter will work closely with the News Editor and the Land Use Reporter to help the organization solidify its role as a national leader in nonprofit, hyperlocal, mission-driven journalism.
- Cover public education issues in Charlottesville and related issues that directly affect school communities, with special attention to understanding school equity and achievement gap issues.

- Collaborate with the editorial team and freelance journalists to create cutting-edge digital and multimedia journalism projects that offer solutions to long-standing problems.

- Develop trusted source networks among parents, teachers, students, and school division staff, in addition to community and nonprofit leaders.

- Specific goals and objectives in each area shall be set by the Executive Director and News Editor in conversation with the Board of Directors.

SALARY RANGE: $35-50K, based on skills and experience.