Writer/Editor, Electronics

* Under general supervision generates cross-platform electronics content campaigns that will be published across print, digital, and video platforms; works closely with counterparts in Advocacy, Survey, Communications, Design, and other key stakeholders to maximize resources and consumer impact.
* Proactively follows and reports on electronics, ensuring content is relevant, timely, cutting-edge and addresses consumer needs in a proactive way. Attending trade shows and other industry events as needed.
* Acts as both in-house electronics spokesperson and CR electronics representative for media outreach, tradeshows and industry events.
* Acts as on-camera electronics subject-matter expert for all CR video platforms; may be asked to execute rough drafts of video scripts.
* Collects data, summarizes and interprets market information to make relevant content recommendations.
* Assists digital editorial team to maintain specialty products such as Buying Guides, Product Pages and other regularly-updated content on Consumer Reports Online.
* Coordinates information among Electronics, Product Testing, Advocacy, Survey, Social, Design, and other organizational teams that support assigned content areas.
* Assists with the planning and scheduling process, creates sidebars, infographics that animates stories and reports.
* Moves content through the production process, incorporating changes by related parties, copy-fitting, and conferring with art and production personnel.
* Writes headlines, subheads, captions, cover lines etc., as necessary. Prepares sourcing for fact-checking.
* Collaborates with electronics team to create multi-media content.
* Actively participates as a member of the electronics product and content team, conferring with other team members as necessary to ensure objectives for quality and timeliness are met.
* May write content, as needed, across all platforms.
* Maintains high level knowledge of one or more product or service categories within the content group.
* Performs other duties of the department as needed, but not those of a higher level.

* Bachelor's degree with at least five years of experience in multi-platform editorial for technology, business or consumer project journalism required.
* Strategic creative skills essential.
* Must be able to work in self-directed capacity and to conceive and execute compelling multimedia content.
* Can translate complex technical electronics or computer related information into informative content across multiple platforms.
* Ability to manage and lead in a cross-organizational capacity required.
* A thorough knowledge of technology and the computer related industry are preferred.
* Competent in all aspects of reviewing and creating accurate and compelling stories across all platforms.
* Skilled in collecting and interpreting all data, internal and external, to create the most accurate and in context story possible.
* Ability to smoothly transition writing styles from hard news to expository review to opinionated blog.
* Competent in editing and writing display copy, generating ideas for infographics across all media.
* Excellent organizational skills and ability to meet rigid deadlines.
* Competency with page design software such as K4 and CQ as well as Microsoft Office and Google Docs highly beneficial.
* On-camera broadcast experience, mass media training, and a daily journalism background are preferred.
Physical Demands: Must be able travel as needed, perform on camera, and work in an office environment.

 

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Digital Producer

Brides.com is looking for a Digital Producer to join our New York-based team. This producer will mostly be responsible for daily maintenance of the Brides Inspiration Gallery but also be producing articles and slideshows in our custom CMS. The producer will also have the opportunity to write articles for Brides.com, primarily in the breaking news and celebrity spaces.

Ideal candidate must possess:
- Experience producing web content in a CMS
- Experience working at a digital publication producing a large volume of daily content
- Familiarity with best SEO practices
- Attention to detail and perfect grammar
- A love of beautiful images!
- Ability to write content quickly and succinctly.

Please submit cover letter detailing CMS experience and resume.

Join Wonder’s Community of Freelance Researchers! (FAQs and details below)

Join Wonder’s fast-growing community of freelance researchers!

Wonder (askwonder.com) is a personal research assistant, helping people save time by getting detailed answers and resources delivered to their inboxes by a trusted network of researchers. Our clients include Tier 1 consulting firms, VCs, and marketing agencies.

We are looking for freelance researchers to join Wonder's research community. You'll work from home, getting paid to do research while learning about new topics and deepening your business skills. You can set your own schedule, you get paid for each research request you complete, and you can earn up to $15-25/hour based on flat-fee project work.

Here are some examples of questions our clients ask:
- What are the economics of Valentine's Day?
- Why would AOL or Verizon be interested in a strategic investment in the start-up Rollout.io?
- What are 5 new trends in online food ordering?
- What's the market landscape for teacher training in Egypt?

PERKS
- Sharpen your analytical skills and build up your resume
- Earn money working from anywhere
- Research in your free time and as often as you'd like
- Network with peers in a global community of independent researchers
- Learn about new industries and access a growing database of original research

APPLICATION
To apply, please continue to our online application available here: https://askwonder.com/rr/ NYU JournalismResearcher09-01

New York Reporter-Editor

Fostering Media Connections (FMC), a journalism non-profit focused on issues affecting vulnerable children, youth and their families, is seeking a reporter-editor to anchor its coverage of child welfare and juvenile justice issues in New York.

We are seeking a seasoned journalist to take on an exciting new role with FMC. This person will write and edit news and feature stories about the child welfare and juvenile justice systems in both New York City and state. The ideal candidate will be passionate about children’s issues and news writing.

Stories produced, assigned and edited by the reporter-editor will primarily appear in FMC’s flagship news site, the California-based The Chronicle of Social Change. But his or her work will also feed into FMC’s other publications – Fostering Families Today and Adoption Today – when appropriate.

We prize good news judgment; accuracy, precision and clarity; ability to work quickly; and a strong work ethic. The ideal candidate will have a vision for expanding FMC’s coverage in New York and the Northeast, have connections with other reporters who may follow our work, and also be willing to interface with the philanthropic community.

The reporter-editor will essentially be opening up a new branch of FMC in New York, and will need to be able to excel while working remotely.

Skills
- Develop story ideas
- Social media savvy
- Positive attitude
- Utilize creativity to tell stories
- Must be able to work well under deadline pressure
- Photography skills a definite plus

Qualifications
- Strong writing and copy editing skills are a must
- At least two years of experience as a reporter
- Some editing experience

OPB Seeks Weekend Edition Host/Producer

OPB seeks a host/producer for high profile Weekend Edition. Be a trusted guide/news source and a vital member of OPB Radio and news. Shape NPR’s Weekend Edition to serve OPB’s listeners with content that offers a rich news and cultural experience unparalleled today. This full time, regular status position works Wednesday through Sunday. OPB is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

MANAGING EDITOR - MALNUTRITION AND STUNTING (Contract)

MANAGING EDITOR - MALNUTRITION AND STUNTING (Contract)

News Deeply is looking for a smart, passionate and committed Managing Editor to create and lead a temporary channel on Malnutrition and Stunting, devoted to in-depth coverage of this often forgotten area of global health. This is a full-time role contractor position for 10 months starting in mid-September. Preferred location is New York.

Who are we?

News Deeply builds networks of passionate communities that allow key stakeholders to engage with the most important issues in a subject area and exchange valuable insights. Our knowledge-driven platforms serve as the go-to hub for each topic, bringing together influencers in an immersive content experience that includes articles, videos, newsletters, data and research, community conversations and events.

We started with Syria Deeply and are now scaling our platform across topics in geopolitics, the environment, health, technology and other areas of special interest. Fortune 1000 companies, think tanks, philanthropies and academic institutions work with us to access our high-value audience, our proprietary information and our community- building expertise.

In a crowded, complicated world, our hubs unite communities and surface vital information and trends, helping our readers to understand and make better decisions on the issues that matter, deeply, to the state of our world.

The Managing Editor

Leads the editorial direction, ensuring the channel is up-to- date and meets our goal of giving users complete understanding of malnutrition issues, including childhood nutrition and stunting
Generates: background guides on childhood nutrition and stunting; data-driven insights and policy analysis; personal and community-based stories that ground the policy and research in ways that are approachable and personal; perspectives and commentaries from health analysts and practitioners around the world; multimedia stories with photo and video components
Helps oversee and manage freelance contributors.
Contributes interviews, analyses and reporting.
Works with the Community Editor to lead the development and management of a community of experts who are both users and contributors to the platform and events.
Increases audience engagement and traffic to site by actively assisting with social media (Twitter, Facebook, etc.).
Assists with the development and delivery of events, if necessary
Regularly and actively contributes to an open sharing of ideas as we seek to perpetually improve our products.
QUALIFICATIONS

Solid background (6+ years) in journalism, preferably at a major newspaper, website or magazine.
Advanced understanding of nutrition issues in the developing world.
Extremely strong writing and editing skills.
Ability to work in a fast-paced news environment.
Advanced multimedia skills desirable.
Interested in applying?
Please send your CV along with a cover letter and five journalistic writing samples to jobs@newsdeeply.com

Contract Digital Producer

TIME is looking for a full-time hourly producer to assist editors and writers. This producer will work alongside the staff pulling AP wires, crafting SEO and social language, reproducing both internal and external syndications, monitoring breaking news for quick wire turnaround, producing larger tentpole packages, embedding photos and videos and updating articles with e-commerce links where relevant. This role is critical in maintaining a fast paced newsroom and key to allowing editors to turn around breaking news and produce complicated features. Some data entry and administrative work will also be required on an as-needed basis.

This is a 35-hour a week job, paid hourly (not salaried). We are looking for 0-1 year experience for this role.

Business reporter (potential senior role)

TradeWinds, a global business newspaper covering the shipping industry, is seeking a reporter for its Stamford bureau. The successful candidate will be expected to cover breaking news for our web edition while delivering exclusive news stories, insightful enterprise stories and well-crafted features for our flagship weekly newspaper and quarterly magazine.

This is an opportunity to do hard-hitting independent journalism in the New York area while working for a global publisher of various business titles that pays a competitive salary.

Experienced candidates will be considered for a senior reporting role, but junior reporters with solid journalism skills are also encouraged to apply.

Successful candidates must have:

A dedication to and track record of good independent journalism
The ability to deliver copy that is concise, clear, engaging and clean enough to publish without editing
A commitment to factual accuracy and fair and balanced reporting
The ability to juggle multiple deadlines for various publication cycles
Ideal candidates may also have:

Strong technical skills, including the ability to learn content management systems quickly
Multimedia and digital skills, such as video, audio and still photography
Experience covering business news
Copy editing experience
Additionally, a candidate for a senior role should have a track record as a newsroom leader with experience leading a team of reporters.

 

Reporter

Fund Action, the Fund Intelligence group’s mutual fund and retirement industry publication, is seeking a talented and enthusiastic New York-based financial reporter to generate timely coverage of mutual fund and exchange-traded fund marketing, strategy and product development.

This position functions as part of a team of reporters across eight related mutual fund information networks. The title includes a weekly print publication, daily news website, as well as a calendar of panel briefings, webinars and awards events.

Ideal candidates are interested in financial reporting, prepared to break daily news, and are up for the challenge of covering the nuances of this fast-paced industry. The successful hire must be motivated to pitch self-generated scoops and file consistently clean and accurate copy on deadline.

Responsibilities:

o Pitch and write at least one daily news story and one weekly news feature or analysis
o Travel occasionally to cover industry conferences and build contacts
o Cultivate a network of sources by working the phones, arranging in-person meetings, and attending industry events.
Qualifications and experience:
o Degree in journalism preferred
o 1-10 years working in a newsroom or related field
o Proficiency working with social media, data and content management systems

NEWS DEEPLY: COMMUNITY EDITOR, STUNTING & MALNUTRITION

NEWS DEEPLY: COMMUNITY EDITOR, STUNTING & MALNUTRITION

News Deeply builds networks of passionate communities that allow key stakeholders to engage and exchange valuable insights. Our knowledge-driven platforms serve as the go-to hub for each topic, bringing together influencers in an immersive content experience that includes articles, videos, newsletters, data and research, community conversations and events.

We are seeking a Community Manager based in either New York, Beirut, London, or Paris. This person will lead audience engagement and development efforts for a 10-month project (starting mid-September) to help launch and develop a platform that will focus on malnutrition and stunting, especially in the developing world. This is a high-impact role, working closely with our editorial and product teams internally and with our stakeholder audience externally.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Map, grow, and strengthen our audience of policymakers, academics, corporates, NGOs, and journalists.
Engage the community through editorial projects (e.g., Q&As, op-eds), conversations on each platform and social media, live and virtual events, and user research.
Understand and translate user needs, metrics, and journeys into actionable items to be executed in conjunction with the editorial and product teams.
Develop and execute effective amplification and promotion efforts through social media, newsletters, and media partnerships.

REQUIREMENTS

3-5 years of experience in journalism, social media, copywriting, public relations, community outreach, user research and/or data analysis.
Excellent writing and editing skills.
Experience in amplifying content and engaging with expert audiences across social platforms, such as Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Quora.
Comfort with high-touch engagement with high-level stakeholders.
Creativity, problem solving, and grit, with ability to pick up the slack and be the glue between multiple teams.
Team player, with experience working with and coordinating across multiple priorities and team members in several timezones.
Domain experience in nutrition and stunting issues and their respective communities is a big plus.
Desire to work in a high-impact environment with colleagues who are passionate to surface vital information and connect communities on the topics that matter deeply to the state of work.
Note: Some travel may be required.

News Deeply is an award-winning media and technology company, dedicated to providing information in the global public good. The company’s inaugural platform, Syria Deeply, is an award-winning fusion of journalism, education and digital design. Time magazine called the platform “The Future of News,” while Fast Company said it “Outsmarts the News, Redefines Conflict Coverage.” The team was honored with the National Press Foundation’s Excellence in Online Journalism Award for 2013.