US News and Crime Reporter
Fox News Digital
Los Angeles, CAThis is a Full Time Job
DESCRIPTION:
Fox News Digital is seeking an experienced Reporter to join the US News/Crime team. You are a seasoned reporter with extensive national newsroom experience. You have a wide range of sources that will enable you to break news and dig in on original and exclusive reporting.
This is NOT an on-air role.
You will be offered one of the following shifts:
• Monday-Friday, 11:00 AM ET - 7:00 PM ET
• Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM ET
• Monday-Friday, 2:00 PM - 10:00 PM ET
A SNAPSHOT OF RESPONSIBILITIES
• Emphasis on original, enterprise, and investigative reporting
• Must be able to respond to breaking US news and turn stories accurately under pressure
• Ability to consistently produce stories with original video, interviews, photos, and graphic elements
• Ideal candidate will have a robust rolodex of criminal, legal, and police contacts
• Pitch stories daily as well as execute short- and long-term assignments
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
• 3+ years professional newsroom experience
• Experience covering US news at a national media outlet; digital experience preferred
• Experience covering crime, courts, legal, and investigations
• Working knowledge of AI
• Knowledge of AP style writing
• Command of PACER, Lexis-Nexis, FOIA requests
• Command of SEO
• Experience with digital analytics to monitor and build traffic
• Experience with headlines
• CMS, WordPress knowledge
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally
• Possess a competitive spirit
• Possess an "on-call" mentality and be prepared to work outside of shift in emergency or breaking news conditions
• Eager to network out of the office
• Voracious consumer of news
Salary/Benefits
$74,000.00
- 90,000.00
per year
$74,000 - $90,000 /year USD
Final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location
Benefits
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
Additional Information
FOX News Media operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Digital, FOX News Audio, FOX News Books, the direct-to-consumer digital streaming services FOX Nation and FOX News International, and the newly announced platform FOX Weather. Currently the number one network in all of cable, FNC has been the most watched television news channel for 20 consecutive years, while FBN ranks among the top business channels on cable. Owned by FOX Corporation, FOX News Media reaches 200 million people each month and provides breaking news, analysis, and opinion on a wide range of topics, including politics, business, and entertainment.
