Reporter, News & Crime

Job Description

Freelance Reporter, US News & Crime

JOB DESCRIPTION

FoxNews.com is looking for an experienced US News Reporter to join our team. You love breaking news and thrive in a fast-paced environment. You have 2+ years of breaking news reporting experience and possess knowledge of the issues and stories that resonate with the Fox News audience. You're building a rolodex of networks across America from police to politics to culture. You are skilled at delivering several stories accurately on a daily basis, mainly covering breaking news along with news of the day/trending news. You will have the opportunity to do original and exclusive reporting.

You will be offered one of the following shifts:

8:00 AM ET - 4:00 PM ET or 11:00 AM ET - 7:00 PM ET Monday-Friday
**This is not an on-air role**

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
• Cover breaking news events, writing quickly and precisely to help solidify Fox News as the go-to site for breaking news
• Pitch and cover stories that resonate with FoxNews.com's audience, aggregating with complete and proper attribution
• Pursue original and exclusive stories through close contact with source
• Present all stories, original, breaking, and aggregated, in an accessible, consistent, and compelling style
• Collaborate closely with editors and fellow writers/reporters

WHAT YOU WILL NEED
• 2+ years of breaking news reporting experience
• Ability to work holidays, extra days, longer hours and possess an ''on-call'' mentality
• Be prepared to work in emergency and/or breaking news conditions
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally in breaking news
• Ability to deliver accurate copy under pressure in deadline-driven environment
• Firm grasp of current events and of events, stories of high interest to Fox News
• Firm grasp of SEO story production and content development
• PhotoShop and knowledge of video (iPhone) editing skills preferred
• Minimum of two years of newsroom experience
• Knowledge of AP style

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Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay rate/range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location is $36.00-46.63 per hour. We provide medical/dental/vision insurance and 401k after they meet eligibility criteria and any State required time-off, in accordance with applicable plan documents. Benefits for Union represented employees will be in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

Jobcode: Reference SBJ-dyvmk3-3-135-218-210-42 in your application.