Reporter Needed!

You'll never work harder and you'll never be more fulfilled than reporting for The Riverdale Press, the Pulitzer Prize-winning community newspaper that covers the Northwest Bronx, with hard-hitting news stories and gracefully written features. This education, traffic and general assignment entry-level position offers great training. Reporters who started here now work in the newsrooms of The New York Times, the New York Daily News, the Newark Star-Ledger, The Washington Post and USA Today, among others. We look for good writers who are hungry to learn and become better.

Benefits include Holiday Pay, Paid Time Off, Medical Plans and 401(k).

Check our our award winning paper at www.riverdalepress.com.

ALM, publisher of the American Lawyer, the National Law Journal, Legal Week and other award-winning national, international and regional publications, seeks an experienced full-time reporter to cover the evolution of the legal business at the world’s largest law firms.

We’re looking for someone who is ready to break news, deliver analysis and develop features on issues that impact global law firms’ business, such as competition for talent, geographic expansion, management and compensation. The ideal candidate is smart, energetic, a great writer, familiar with the legal industry and eager to be part of ALM’s digital-first global newsroom. The reporter will also contribute to new digital news products, such as newsletters, podcasts and video. Location is flexible.

Responsibilities :

•Produce breaking news stories on tight deadlines for readers in major legal industry markets.
•Write authoritatively on business issues of critical interest to legal industry professionals.
•Develop sources, establish and broaden a base of industry contacts.
•Produce enterprise articles, including features and investigative pieces, while juggling daily news commitments.
•Work well in a team environment with colleagues based around the world.

Qualifications:

•Demonstrated reporting and writing skills, especially for a business audience.
•Ability to develop ongoing source relationships.
•Excellent organizational and communication skills.
•Able to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment.
•Knowledge of business issues affecting the legal industry.
•Ability to travel occasionally to major legal markets such as New York, London, San Francisco and Washington, DC.

Americas Quarterly is looking for an enterprising journalist interested in covering politics, economics and culture in Latin America while engaging in all aspects of producing a modern-day magazine.

As an assistant editor you will: research, write, and edit for the print magazine and AQ’s website; work with contributors to ensure deadlines are met; develop social media and multimedia content; assist in implementing social media strategy; assist with some aspects of print production and subscription management.

Qualifications
We are looking for journalists who are quick learners with a deep knowledge of Latin America. Ideal candidates are:
• Journalists with a graduate degree in journalism, economics, international studies, or related fields; or bachelor’s in the same with 2 years or more of relevant experience
• Proficient in English and Spanish and/or Portuguese
• Knowledgeable and interested in Latin American history, politics, culture, and economics
• Familiarity with multimedia editing tools (proficiency with FinalCut and Adobe Creative Suite a plus)
• Excellent writing, editing and research skills
• Proficiency with social media tools (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, YouTube)
• Experience with Drupal a plus

Muslim Community Report newspaper, previously known as Youth Community Report, was founded in August 27, 2011 as a print-only newspaper covering community news in the New York City Metropolitan area, specializing in diverse Muslim communities with various ethnic, multilingual and geographically origins.

Muslim Community Report covers all topics relevant to the average public reader. However, we are unique because we cover the most misreported and often times underreported global Muslim communities. We also work with people from different backgrounds irrespective of their religion and ethnic background. We are a newspaper that makes a difference in the life of our readers. we are kindly requesting for your organization to advertise with our newspaper. The Paper comes out weekly on Thursdays and you can contact us if you want free copies delivered to your establishments.

Thank you and looking forward to hearing from you soon.

Temporary Multimedia Editor, Scientific American and the Multimedia Centre of Excellence

Ready to join our dynamic, multi-faceted, global multimedia team at Nature Research, a division of Springer Nature? We are seeking a multitalented temporary multimedia journalist to produce stories for Scientific American. Viewers and readers value Nature Research and its associated brands, including Scientific American and Nature, for its thought leadership and ability to tell deep science stories. Our videos cover a broad range of science related topics. This position is highly competitive.

If you are passionate about science video story-telling and are detail-oriented, this is a great time to be part of the team. Our portfolio of video productions is growing to include social videos, livestreams, explainers, animations, and the occasional mini documentary.

You must have at least 2 years of multimedia production experience, including at least 1 year of production management experience, and a strong interest in science and technology topics. You must be able to prove your ability to reach a broad public audience with complex stories made simple.

The role, in detail
Report to the Managing Multimedia Editor
Be part of the Springer Nature editorial video “brain trust,” ie The Multimedia Centre of Excellence
Produce and/or manage multiple productions at once from concept to final deliverables
Come up with stories, write and edit scripts
Edit videos and direct other editors
Manage videographers, editors, and other production help as needed
Shoot video in our studio and out in the field
Be a pro at Adobe Creative Suite and or Final Cut Pro work flows
Create or adapt animated graphics.

Qualifications

You must bring many skills to the table, including scripting, editing, directing, shooting, and project management.

You should love science and video
Between your bachelors and advanced degrees, you should have a smattering of course work in science, journalism, or film production. A bachelors degree is required and at least a masters degree strongly preferred
You should have spent at least 5 years of your life pickled in science, whether as a journalist or a researcher or a combination of the two.
Production management experience is essential
You must be a pro at many of the following programs: Adobe Creative Cloud, especially Premier, After Effects, Photoshop, Audition, Illustrator and/or Final Cut Pro and Pro Tools.
You should be a pretty avid social media user, aware of video trends on all major platforms
Experience working with large multi-national companies is preferred but not required
A strong portfolio including productions of varying lengths from 30 seconds to 7 minutes

Reporting to the Citywire USA Editor, your role will involve working both online and in print. This will involve building contacts in the asset management business and breaking news stories as well as writing features and profile interviews.

To be successful you will demonstrate a strong willingness to work the phones and go on regular face-to-face meetings to develop strong relationships with industry professionals.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Writing daily news stories on the US wealth and asset management industries.
• Writing features and profile interviews for our biweekly magazine.
• Building new contacts and establishing good sources.
• Travelling across the USA to meet key people and attending events.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
• Qualification in journalism or some experience as a reporter
• Excellent writing skills – please include examples of workrelatio
• Strong source-development skills
• A basic understanding of financial markets would be advantageous
What we offer you:
• 15 days paid vacation days a year, plus federal and state holidays
• Company Medical Insurance Provision
• Option to choose from Dental, Vision, HRA, FSA plans
• Company 401k Retirement Plan
• Life Assurance and Short & Long Term Disability Insurance
• Monthly company contribution towards corporate gym membership in place

We are an inclusive organisation and actively promote equality of opportunity for all with the right mix of talent, skills and potential.

BASIC FUNCTIONS
1. Assists Executive Editor and Managing Editor of two publications—a tabloid newspaper for neurology physicians and a consumer-friendly magazine for patients published in cooperation with a medical society partner.
2. Copyedits, researches, and proofreads assigned articles.
3. Writes regular articles as assigned by the editor.
4. Develops best practices/strategies for driving traffic to the publication websites.
5. Manages and posts to the publication’s social media sites at least five times a day.
6. Surveys daily news feeds to determine noteworthy briefs in the specialty for possible article follow-up and/or posting to the website news blogs.
7. Updates and maintains the publication websites with rich media and news briefs.
8. Creates and produces podcasts.
9. Researches and keeps up to date with developments in the field to identify newsworthy articles and topics for both the physician and consumer-friendly publication.
10. Attends relevant meetings/conferences as assigned, conferring with editor about which to follow up on to write articles about, conducting additional interviews as needed.
11. Takes minutes in monthly editorial meetings
12. Works with the editor to manage/traffic production of the print to iPad editions.
13. Finds free or low-cost artwork to enhance articles both in print and on online.
14. Participates in and contributes to regular department and company-wide meetings, as well as publication-specific meetings.
15. Participates in regular meetings with — and maintains a positive working relationship with — staff and officers of the medical society partner.
16. Responds to the needs and concerns of readers of both publications.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
 Copyediting, proofreading, and rewriting.
 Writing lively headlines, captions, callouts, and cover lines.
 Writing and editing articles as assigned.
 Posting regularly to the social media sites to drive traffic to publication website.
 Researching/keeping up to date with developments in the field to identify newsworthy articles and topics.
 Writing briefs/longer form articles on relevant meetings.
 Posting brief articles to the website, as well as keeping it up to date.
 Tracking analytics of web traffic
 Writing and posting news to the website.
 Researching and identifying appropriate free/low-cost artwork to use to enhance articles both in print and online.
 Participating in and contributing to publication-specific meetings with the society partner, as well as department-wide and company-wide meetings
 Assisting with new product planning and development.
 Distributing snail mail; answering reader letters; managing public mailbox for both publications
 Performing other editorial tasks and projects as needed.

Education: Bachelor’s degree
Experience: 2+ years editorial experience in medical publishing, preferably with controlled-circulation, newspaper-style publications.

OTHER KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES OR CERTIFICATIONS:
• Strong editing and rewriting skills
• Good oral and written communication skills
• Good project management skills
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Detail-oriented and able to meet deadlines
• Self-directed
• Proficiency in MS Office
• Knowledge of social media sites
• Knowledge of SEO and other web optimization strategies
• Familiarity with creating podcasts
• Ability to juggle multiple daily tasks
• Ability to work closely with editorial and design teams
• Ability to work closely with staff of medical society partner

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS
As needed, on occasion, to conferences

OPB seeks a Reporter/Producer to join our politics team to focus on the state legislature and produce enterprise stories on Oregon state government and regional politics. OPB is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The Political Reporter/Producer works with editors and OPB’s politics team to provide comprehensive coverage of the important political and policy news for our region on digital and broadcast platforms. This reporter focuses attention on Oregon state government, the state legislature, regional politics and general assignment news. They break news from the legislature and work the OPB political team to tell more enterprise stories. This reporter’s work will be shared with other stations through the Northwest News Network.

Working Conditions:

The Reporter/Producer will work both in the OPB Newsroom in Portland and the OPB office in the State Legislature. They are not required to live in Salem though they will be expected to travel regularly between the two cities, and around the region. They will work in the field, in the office, and at a digital workstation. The position may occasionally require evening or weekend work and will require flexibility during key political times such as elections.  

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities for this position.
• At least two years of reporting experience.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and maintain sources.
• Ability to provide reporting for audio and digital platforms.
• Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to write and produce effectively under deadline.
• Confidence to deliver news on live broadcasts, sometimes with little notice.
• Ability to work independently and cooperatively with reporting colleagues and editors.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Enthusiasm for the role of public media in a changing journalism environment and a passion to change with it.

  Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience covering politics or legislative activity.
• Knowledge of current regional political issues and experience.
• Relentless attention to detail.
• A commitment to diverse voices and sources in stories.

Story Coordinators are responsible for finding, securing and coordinating interviews and other elements for national TV news segments in a highly competitive environment under very tight deadlines.

Candidates must have excellent research, phone and people skills. Daily duties involve making numerous phone calls to secure interviews and obtain information, doing background research utilizing public records and conducting pre-interviews.

Applicants must be highly motivated team players who can juggle multiple projects and work well under pressure.

Prior experience in TV/Print/Web journalism is a must. Applicants must be able to work nights and weekends as necessary. This is a lower-level position with strong possibility for upward movement.

Responsibilities
Coordinate and put together new bulletins and other news programmes, organizing the work of the producers, assistant programme editors, presenters, graphic artists and gallery.
Take charge of designing the rundown and ordering the news stories in the bulletin. Keep on top of the main news stories. You are responsible for the news programme and for ensuring it is competitive and crafted with quality.
Coordinate the material provided by Newsgathering, Programmes and other areas.
Assign stories and tasks to the producers and assistant programme editors.
Select video and graphic material and guide the producers as to the editorial content and audiovisual treatment required.
Direct the presenters.
Help copy edit scripts where necessary.
Preview all material before it goes to air.
Develop, alongside the Executive Producer, a strategy for attracting a growing audience.
Output the news bulletins from the gallery, working hand in hand with the technical and studio staff, ensuring the programmes run smoothly, making editorial adjustments and reordering the running order where necessary, handling 2-ways and other live events, accommodating breaking and rolling news where necessary, ensuring the programme runs to time.
Ensure quality and clarity in all aspects of the transmission, both audiovisual and in relation to content.
Be responsible for the editorial line of your programmes.

SKILLS
Should be very organized, with a sharp eye for detail.
Should react well in highly stressful situations, with the self-confidence to make decisions rapidly under pressure.
Should have the news sense to select stories of interest to our audience and know how to tell these stories in a coherent, compelling way.
Should have a solid command of audiovisual journalism and know how to communicate this to their team.