Job Posting – Law&Crime Network Productions
Freelance Researcher / Production Associate, Documentary Productions, Law&Crime Network

The Law&Crime Network has an immediate opening for a freelance Researcher/Associate Producer to work on a new long form documentary series in the true crime genre, led by Brian Ross and Rhonda Schwartz, Emmy award-winning investigative journalists, Executive Producers of “Killer Cases” and “Brian Ross Investigates” .

The Researcher/PA will assist producers in all aspects of story development and production - research, filming, writing and editing. This position is responsible for basic story research and preparation, including archival photo/video research, creating transcripts and logging tapes, coordinating field shoots and various production tasks as needed.

Requirements:
Familiarity with the U.S. criminal justice system, FOIA requests, Lexis Nexis research, experience in archival film and photo research as well as knowledge of rights and clearances and legal vetting procedures are required.
Candidates should have experience with long form video production, including logging and organizing materials for the edit room. Experience working with Adobe Premiere and Encoder and basic video editing skills is preferred.
Recent graduate journalism or filmmaking students who can provide strong professional references and have demonstrated experience in the craft will be considered. Salary commensurate with experience. Salary range - $2600 — $3000 per month.

The Daily Catch, an independent, online, non-profit newspaper serving the exquisite Hudson Valley towns of Rhinebeck and Red Hook, seeks a full-time staff reporter to cover local government, features, and trends. Position starts March 1, 2023. This is a great opportunity for an individual who seeks to live in a beautiful place two hours north of New York City and to cover a wide range of stories, from farming and education to climate change and town government.

Duties:
--Attend Board of Education, Town Board, Planning Board meetings and report, then write up, the news developments (some meetings are held at night).
--Report and write feature and trend stories suggested by the editor and/or generated yourself.
--Develop sources and relationships to generate story ideas and to have reliable connections when stories break.
--Utilize social media tools to find stories and to keep abreast of the thoughts of newsmakers in our community.
--Produce weekly “beat notes” detailing plans and stories for the week ahead.
--Take photographs on your mobile phone for all stories you report and solicit additional photos, as necessary, from sources.
--Maintain close working partnership with the editor in our small virtual newsroom.
--Attend in-person Monday work meetings/lunches at our in-person newsroom at the editor’s Red Hook home.

Requirements:
--1 year of journalistic work experience and clips to show it. In rare cases, where significant aptitude is shown, The Daily Catch will consider applicants with less experience.
--Must have a car and solid driving skills.
--Strong reporting and note-taking skills.
--Inclination towards exceptional accuracy, taking great care with facts, quotes, and nuance.
--Facility writing stories efficiently.
Intense curiosity.
--Excellent time-management skills.
--Confidence to dig and ask questions even when you feel self-conscious.

Salary and Benefits: $35,000-$42,000, commensurate with experience. 15 PTO days per annum, to be used at employer’s and employee’s mutual discretion. Flexible work schedules can sometimes be accommodated.

Hours: 40-hour week. Coverage of night meetings and some weekend events required, typically 1-2 evenings a week (sometimes, it may be possible to file stories the next day).

This position has been filled!

E! News is looking for freelance reporters to cover events for E!'s website, E! Online. Reporters must have experience coming up with their own original questions, be comfortable with in-person and Zoom opportunities, and have experience interviewing celebrity talent or other high-profile subjects. We are looking for professional candidates to represent E! News at events, who are strong communicators and can think on their feet when sudden changes happen on-site. Experience field producing is a plus. There can be between 3-6 events a month, possibly more, occasionally less.

The New York Amsterdam News has immediate openings for copy editors to join our publication with both print and digital responsibilities. This is a part-time position, meant for working remotely one to two full days a week, plus some additional hours as needed.

Responsibilities:

Edit articles, write headlines, edit and rewrite captions, proofread pages

Skills & Experience:

At least 3-4 years of experience with a proven ability in writing, editing copy and writing headlines: command of AP style and grammar a must

Strong organizational, time management, and communication skills

Demonstrated success working in a deadline-driven environment

Ability to work independently as needed and prioritize multiple tasks appropriately

Experience with Adobe InDesign suite and Photoshop, and Google Drive among digital skills needed; ability to design and execute graphics a plus

Compensation:
$25-$30 per hour based on experience

Hell Gate is looking to bring on two writer-editors to join our small but mighty team, on a temporary, three-month basis (with the potential to stay for the long-term).

Does bringing back the dark art of blogging excite you? Are you itching to dive deep into an offbeat NYC story that you can’t picture anywhere else but Hell Gate? And most importantly: does the thought of building a sustainable, worker-owned news outlet that is beholden to no one but our readers and ourselves thrill you? If yes, apply!

Your roles and qualifications:

Hell Gate is small, and our writer-editors do literally everything, from reporting and writing to editing to crafting our social media posts and building out our newsletters.

Ideal candidates should have at least several years experience writing about New York, and should be comfortable in many roles: a breaking news reporter ready to dash to an unfolding scene, an investigative feature writer who can smell a rat and will go the distance to uncover it, an assigning editor who knows which freelance writer would be perfect to cover a story no one else has thought of, a story editor who can coax a raw draft into shining copy, a blogger who can riff on anything, and an opinion writer who can rain fire on her enemies. If even some of this applies to you, please consider applying!

Bonus points for familiarity with NYC communities and scenes that aren’t regularly covered by the media.

The job details:

—These positions are for a three-month, full-time contract, with the potential for an extension. There is also a possibility that after the three-month period, upon mutual agreement, writer-editors will be eligible to join the Hell Gate cooperative, with an ownership stake in Hell Gate and a voice in its governance.

—The pay range is $4,000 to $5,000/month, depending on experience. Hell Gate will also cover up to $500 of monthly healthcare premiums.

—Candidates must live in New York City. Remote work is encouraged (though you can choose to work out of our East Village office that’s also an abandoned bank).

—Women, people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBT candidates are strongly encouraged to apply.

—We’re looking to fill these positions by early January 2023, with a mid- to end of January start date, so apply soon!

The best candidates will have the following traits:

— Curiosity! You get distracted reading about the variety and weirdness of life — e.g. Wikipedia wormholes, a tattered copy of Newsweek from 1992, a book about steam heating on Grandma’s shelf, etc.
— Exceptional writing and editing skills
— Real drive, whether its to master an obscure online database or hop on a 6 am flight to Dallas for a surprise shoot
— Sleuthing skills on social media
— Unafraid to knock on doors and make cold calls
— Detail oriented, with a “turn every page” ethos
— Able do legal research on PACER and at local courts (or a desire to learn how!)
— Bonus points for speaking a second language, an ability to design pitch decks, audio and video editing experience, and any time previously spent on film sets

The Asahi Shimbun newspaper seeks a skilled and highly motivated News Assistant

The position is for its New York Bureau. The successful candidate will work closely with a correspondent covering news in North America, including breaking news and political news while also working with the New York Bureau Chief on long-term research projects and features.

Qualifications:

Applicants must have a bachelor’s degree. Excellent communication and internet research skills and the ability to work independently are required. The candidate should be adept at handling a variety of breaking news stories. Japanese and/or Spanish language skills, and a background in International Affairs and/or American Politics/Society/Culture are a plus but not required.
The successful candidate must be legally authorized to work in the US without sponsorship.

Job Description:

Assisting our New York-based correspondent by conducting background research, gathering news and comments, arranging and conducting interviews, and closely following developments in the correspondent’s beat. That said, candidates must be flexible and willing to work with other correspondents on other issues when necessary. Some travel, domestic and international, may be required. This is a position with very limited article-writing or byline opportunities.

Compensation:

The position has an annual salary range of $38,000 ~ $50,000. Qualifications and former work experience will be considered. Compensation also includes overtime pay, excellent medical/dental/vision benefits, and commuting expenses.  The position will be available starting immediately.

Overview

From how to find the best dishwasher to why heat pumps might keep you warm this winter and save you money, consumers rely on CR to help them make informed choices. Through in-depth reporting as well as close collaboration with engineers in our labs, the journalists on CR’s Home team inform readers about how to get the most out of their home, keep their family safe, and spend their money wisely.
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Responsibilities

Is the new Nest video doorbell better than Ring's? Which refrigerators should be on your shortlist if you're shopping right now? And does the way you put your favorite smoothie ingredients into your blender make a difference?"
Consumers Reports answers these questions and more for the over 15 million unique visitors who come to CR.org every month. (For answers to the questions above, see our story about the new Nest doorbell, our results from our refrigerator tests, and our guide to loading your blender for smoothies.)"
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and creative reporter/writer to cover a wide range of topics that pertain to home and kitchen products, home maintenance, sustainability and more. As a staff writer on CR’s Home & Appliance team, your work will leverage the product testing and expertise CR is famous for on CR.org and other platforms.
You will deliver high-impact service to readers by combining your reporting and packaging with the data and expertise from CR’s labs, surveys, and more to produce original and enterprising content and grow and diversify our audience across multiple platforms.
What You'll Do
• Research, pitch, report, and write home content to be published across a variety of platforms, partnering with members of other departments—data visualization, art, video, social media—to create compelling stories and packages.
• Follow the news as it relates to the beats and products you cover; interview internal and external experts; track market trends; translate industry data into compelling stories that will help readers.
• Tap into CR’s numerous resources including testing, survey, and statistics operations to source ideas, analyze data, and produce stories.
• Serve as a key member of a cross-functional product-testing and content team.
• Act as a spokesperson or representative for external media requests, as well as on-camera subject matter expert for CR video platforms.
• Meet weekly digital article production targets.

Qualifications

You'll Be Highly Rated If:
• You have the reporting chops. You have at least five years of reporting experience, in addition to a Bachelor's Degree.
• You're a self-starter. You can work independently as well as collaboratively across multiple platforms and with other writers, editors, and members from a variety of departments.
• You thrive in a fast-paced, multi-faceted environment. You will be working on multiple projects at once, likely across multiple platforms.
• You're deadline driven. You’re capable of turning around engaging, well-written stories quickly, while balancing competing demands and priorities.
You'll Be One Of Our Top Picks:
• You have a passion for helping others. You care about your reader, and you’ve published service-journalism articles that help readers make informed choices.
• You are obsessed with all things home. You have opinions (based on fact) about which appliances are worth the money, and you’ve thought deeply about safety, energy efficiency, water conservation, and other issues that affect the home.
• You possess journalistic curiosity and tenacity. You’re aware of the trends, but you never take them at face value. You ask how and why and what if; you’re dogged about tracking down the best sources; and you have a knack for finding stories that resonate with readers.
Our Commitment to Fair Pay--At Consumer Reports, we are committed to fair, transparent pay and we strive to provide competitive, market-informed compensation. The target salary range for this position is $78,000-$100,000. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall near the middle of this range. Compensation for the successful candidate will be informed by the candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, competencies and experience.
The successful candidate must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to start date.

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The Intercept is seeking an experienced copy editor to join our editorial team. The ideal candidate is a sharp, creative editor with a keen eye for detail, a mastery of grammar and mechanics, web production skills, and enthusiasm for The Intercept’s mission, style, and core areas of coverage. The copy editor will be responsible for ensuring clarity, accuracy, and consistency across a range of content, from breaking news stories and photo captions to membership emails and long-form investigative projects. They will also help develop our house style guidelines, draft display copy, and produce The Intercept’s semiweekly newsletters.

The Copy Editor/Digital Producer will report to the Deputy Managing Editor and work collaboratively across editorial departments alongside the Senior Copy Editor to bring stories to publication.

Responsibilities:

Edit stories and other content grammar, spelling, syntax, and punctuation while preserving style and voice
Spot check numbers, links, proper nouns, and other small, searchable facts
Produce stories in WordPress, i.e. format articles, write SEO copy and URLs, and other supporting web elements
Curate and edit semiweekly newsletters
Other appropriately related projects/duties as assigned

Background/Qualifications:

3+ years of copy-editing experience, including for digital news publications
1+ year of newsletter production experience, or strong interest in working on newsletters
Familiarity with content managing systems; WordPress is preferred
Working knowledge of AP Stylebook and a nerdy interest in researching, debating, and developing internal style guidelines
Experience using workflow tools and internal communication platforms in a newsroom setting
Excellent communication and organizational skills
Ability to respond to shifting priorities and demands based on the news cycle and organization's needs, including occasionally being on call for breaking news after hours and on weekends (a typical work day is from 10:00 AM to 6:00 p.m. ET)

This position is recognized as part of the Writers Guild of America, East, Inc., “Union.”