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.

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 provides 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.

Considerable, a new digital media brand for people who are redefining what it means to grow older, is looking for a dynamic, skilled digital editor to join the team. You’ll report directly to the Editorial Director and be responsible for developing stories and content that will help drive traffic and engagement, as well as managing one of our five key verticals and contributing to others.

About the role/what you’ll do:

**Lead the charge on stories and formats that can drive strong traffic growth and reader engagement
**Manage curated content from across the web that is of interest to the Considerable audience
**Create and edit content across one or more of our verticals: Money; Work; Technology; Family & Home; Health & Wellness; and Pursuits (includes Travel, Culture, Style).
**Develop a stable of talented freelance writers; solicit pitches; generate story ideas; assign and, on occasion, write stories
**Work with the Considerable team to help create newsletters and promote the site through social and email channels
**Help develop the style, tone, and voice of the brand
**Provide ongoing guidance on digital best practices, story topics, and angles of coverage; help maintain the overall balance and direction of the brand editorially

About you/you have:

**5+ years of editorial experience at a digital media publication.
**Excellent digital editorial skills: knowledgeable about and experienced with SEO best practices, social media, analytical tools, various content formats, and strategies that help ramp up traffic and reader engagement
**Excellent story sense: an eye for spotting, commissioning, and assigning great stories that serve readers, rack up social shares, and drive conversation
**Experience and expertise covering the topics in one or more of our verticals.
**Experience working with video, slideshows, interactives, and other asset types

Atlantic Re:think is looking for an exceptional writer/editor to help translate The Atlantic’s sensibility into award-winning branded content.

Responsibilities include:

Writing and editing articles on subjects ranging from technology and science to social responsibility and urbanization
Researching, brainstorming, and developing pitches for content ideas and programs
Collaborating with the design team to develop interactive data visualizations and infographics
Writing clever and compelling headlines, decks, tweets, Facebook posts, and other types of display copy
Conducting interviews and desk-side research for article development
Copyediting and fact-checking
Participating in conversations with clients

The ideal candidate will have:
- A bachelor’s degree
- Reporting/editing experience
- An uncanny wit and capacity for wordplay, with a sense of humor to match
- A passion for digital media, the business of journalism, and the creative process
- The ability to create—with calm, poise, and “grace under pressure”—high-quality work under tight deadlines
- Both curiosity and humility, and, relatedly, a natural inclination toward interesting and challenging questions over easy answers

The YEARS Project (YEARS) is seeking a focused and savvy short-form video producer to research, write and produce two to three 3 to 5-minute videos per week about climate change for release on social media. The position requires the ability to work independently and in collaboration with a team of other producers/writers/fact checkers in making content for our established verticals: CLIMATE FACTS, WE CAN SOLVE THIS, WAR ON OUR FUTURE, TIME TO VOTE ON CLIMATE, as well as help develop new formats and series.

Each script you generate will need to be 350-500 words in length and require the grabbiest of headlines. Editorial content within must be sourced from established media, climate publications, academic journals or your own original reporting. Then, with the help of an editor, you will turn your scripts into videos that are informative, provocative, emotional and above all, shareable. The videos will rely heavily on text overlaid on content from our footage library, other archival sources and occasionally fresh footage from the field, which you may be required to produce. Skill in coming up with fresh ideas for stories and creative ways to tell them in video form is a must. Knowledge of climate science, policy, law, activism or other related topics is a plus. There will be opportunities to produce in the field, and candidate needs to have AP-level experience in casting, budgeting, booking crews and managing logistics of shoots. This is a long-term staff position based in New York and is available immediately.