Faculty Chair - Broadcast Journalism

The Department of Broadcast Journalism at the New York Film Academy invites applications for Faculty Chair.

Applicants with a Master’s Degree in Journalism or Communications, with significant television broadcast production and content creation experience are preferred. Minimum academic qualification is a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism or Communications.

- At least 5 Years of work experience at a network or local news station as a practicing reporter or producer
- Experience as an educator
- Teaching certificate
- Ability to shoot with digital camcorder and help students beyond the teachings of their camera instructor
- Ability to edit with Final Cut X and spend significant time in the edit room helping students to edit their stories.
(preferably certified Final Cut X certificate)
- Ability to work with students to develop as writers on their scripts (especially necessary with ESL students)
- Experience and ability to work in a control room as a producer of every aspect of a news program including
scripting and graphics.
- Strong understanding of the changing nature of Broadcast Journalism especially when it comes to
Multimedia.
- Develop and follow lesson plans so that students have clear understanding of learning objectives for each
class.
- Proven administrative abilities in managing a small staff, making schedules, equipment requests, working
with NYFA administration and spending significant time emailing and speaking on the phone with prospective
students.

The successful candidate should have a strong background in Broadcast Journalism production, editorial, logistics, budgets, ethics and history. Must have a proven ability to teach and most importantly motivate students to reach their highest potential.

Cameraperson and editor

China Business Network, New York Bureau is looking for a full-time cameraman for the local office.

Responsibilities
1. Shoot and edit (Final Cut Pro) news packages. Workload is usually around three packages per week.
2. Some times to work with reporters on background research and pitching story ideas
3. Be willing to travel around the country for different news packages

Qualifications
1. Bachelor’s degree with some experience in a newsroom
2. Fluency in both English and Chinese is highly preferred
3. Tech-savvy and have strong journalism skills (Final Cut Pro editing)
4. Outstanding communication skills

Writer

We're looking for a tech reporter/blogger who can write smart news stories as well as bloggier posts and interesting features of various kinds.

The ideal candidate is someone who is deeply interested in technology, is full of ideas and energy, and is personable.

Reporter

GatekeeperIQ, a year-old, online publication from Financial Times subsidiary Money-Media, is looking for an experienced reporter to cover broker-dealers and other retail distribution platforms.

The product provides news, data and intelligence about the people and processes that drive decision-making at large retail distributors. The reporter will cover distributors’ home offices, which are the teams that influence what investment products financial advisors and brokers ultimately use with their clients. Our target audience includes key accounts executives at asset management firms, who seek to crack these platforms and keep abreast of industry changes.

We seek an experienced (3-5 years), dedicated reporter, who is interested in the opportunity to help shape this evolving product. The ideal candidate will relish working a beat, developing a network of sources and breaking news. Applicants should also be flexible and comfortable working as part of a team. Although not required, the ideal candidate will have experience covering financial services. Ideally, the candidate will have some editing experience, too.

The job involves speaking and meeting regularly with senior-level industry executives, and covering industry conferences, some of which require travel outside of New York City.

The successful candidate will be expected to provide several stories for each new issue. GatekeeperIQ has the entrepreneurial feel of a start-up. But it also has a growing base of subscribers and the backing of a well-established company with a reputation as the premier source of information and news for the markets we serve.

Reporter

We currently have several opportunities for reporters to join our NYC editorial team!

On a typical day reporters at Law360 will file four stories. These stories cover a wide array of practice areas, including employment law, environmental law, intellectual property law and securities law; and most recently, mergers & acquisitions, private equity, real estate, project finance, and capital markets; in industries such as energy, financial services, health-care, media and technology.

Required experience includes;
- BA/BS in Journalism;
- Two years of paid, full-time reporting experience or relevant graduate degree;
- Demonstrated reporting, writing and organizational skills;
- And an interest in business and legal issues.

Preferred experience includes;
- Graduate degree;
- Experience in news reporting (AP Style), covering legal, regulatory affairs, or business news;
- Or working with daily deadlines.

Hours for this position are 10:30a to 6:30p (regular shift).

Law360 offers extensive training on legal topics. Business or legal reporting experience is not required. However, professional reporting experience and strong writing and analytical skills are required to succeed in this job. Please note; qualified candidates will be asked to complete writing and reporting tests electronically.

Reporter, Los Angeles

We currently have several opportunities for reporters to join our Los Angeles editorial team!

On a typical day reporters at Law360 will file four stories. These stories cover a wide array of practice areas, including employment law, environmental law, intellectual property law and securities law; and most recently, mergers & acquisitions, private equity, real estate, project finance, and capital markets; in industries such as energy, financial services, health-care, media and technology.

Required experience includes;
- BA/BS in Journalism;
- Two years of paid, full-time reporting experience or relevant graduate degree;
- Demonstrated reporting, writing and organizational skills;
- And an interest in business and legal issues.

Preferred experience includes:
- Graduate degree;
- Experience in news reporting (AP Style), covering legal, regulatory affairs, or business news;
- Or working with daily deadlines.

Hours for this position are 11:00a to 7:00p.

Law360 offers extensive training on legal topics. Business or legal reporting experience is not required. However, professional reporting experience and strong writing and analytical skills are required to succeed in this job. Please note; qualified candidates will be asked to complete writing and reporting tests electronically.

News Assistant

News Assistants will assist with the production of our legal newswire, Law360. News Assistants report to our Assistant Managing Editors. Duties include; researching and pitching story ideas, corresponding with readers and sources, maintaining conference and event calendars, assisting reporters with advisory board meetings and background research.

News Assistants may be given opportunities to write for the newswire.

This is the perfect opportunity for a recent college-grad looking to begin a career in reporting. Law360 offers a professional, yet casual and flexible, environment for you to develop story ideas, enhance research skills, and sharpen your reporting abilities.

Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in journalism or related field
Demonstrated research and writing skills
Strong organizational skills
Interest in pursuing a career in journalism

Preferences:
Media or publishing industry experience
Research experience

Law360 offers extensive training on legal topics. Business or legal reporting experience is not required. However, professional reporting experience and strong writing and analytical skills are required to succeed in this job. Please note; qualified candidates will be asked to complete writing and reporting tests electronically.

Editor

Law360, published by Portfolio Media Inc., is an online daily newswire that covers breaking legal news for a sophisticated audience of lawyers at firms, corporations and government agencies.

We are currently recruiting talented editors to join our NYC team!

On a typical day editors will approve around 20 news articles and features covering a wide array of legal areas, including employment law, environmental law, intellectual property law and securities law, in industries such as energy, financial services, health care, media and technology.

Additional responsibilities include writing headlines and reshaping ledes; line editing, copy editing and basic fact checking; and examining newsletters prior to publication.

Required experience:

- Bachelor's degree in English, professional writing, journalism, communications or related field.
- Two years of full-time copy editing experience at a news organization.
- Exceptional skills in grammar, spelling, punctuation, syntax and vocabulary.
- Working knowledge of AP style.
- Extreme attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines.

Law360 offers extensive training on legal topics. Business or legal reporting experience is not required. However, professional reporting experience and strong writing and analytical skills are required to succeed in this job. Please note: Qualified candidates will be asked to complete a rigorous editing test.

Assistant Editor, Third-Party Content

The Assistant Editor, Third-Party Content, is responsible for coordinating, editing and publishing articles from a large cross-section of legal industry experts. This includes searching for potential articles/authors, reviewing article pitches, corresponding with attorneys and PR firms, executing publishing contracts, scheduling and managing articles in a custom content management system, and editing articles for in-house and AP style.

Third-party content is written by regularly scheduled authors, as well as commissioned by topic. We also review unsolicited article pitches on an ongoing basis. Article topics are practice- or industry-specific, analytical, and written with a business audience in mind.

While a certain amount of administrative work will be required, the position will be ideal for someone interested in future work as a copyeditor.

Required for consideration:

-Bachelor’s degree in journalism, English or related field; graduate degree preferred
-Copyediting experience and firm grasp of AP Style
-MS Word, Excel, Google Apps knowledge
-Interest in pursuing a job in copyediting
-Knowledge of legal industry a plus

Law360 offers a casual and flexible work environment, comprehensive benefits (including; medical, dental, generous paid time off, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, and a pre-tax commuter program), and competitive salary with bonus eligibility.

Portfolio Media Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Freelance Contributor

- MUST be capable of producing content that not only gets read, but also shared frequently in social media.

- Self-sufficient

- Generate intriguing article ideas and concise pitches

- Create attention-grabbing titles

- Excellent English writing skills that include grammar, spelling, punctuation, word choice, sentence structure and overall style.

- Format articles so that they are easy to understand, scan and digest.

- Proofread, fact-check and edit your own work