Breaking News Writer
Indiewire
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Full Time Job
IndieWire is hiring a Reporter to drive our Breaking News coverage. This role demands a journalist with reporting acumen and sharp, clean writing skills, an ability to identify and quickly turn around newsworthy stories, and formulate snappy, traffic-driving headlines. You will be responsible for writing 3-5 news briefs of at least 350 words each every day, responding to breaking news that requires an immediate pivot, as well as preparing news ahead of time on an embargoed basis. Speed, precision, and reporting abilities are essential.
Reporting to the Executive Editor of the Business team, you will be expected to drive traffic while practicing sound journalism. The ideal candidate is a self-starter with entertainment-reporting experience (not in celebrity news, but in news about the television and film businesses) who shows an ability to quickly learn the tone and flavor of the IndieWire brand. The candidate will be expected to have or establish and maintain relationships with networks and platforms, studios, distributors, guilds, and other industry players to ensure timely news coverage for IndieWire. Given the demands of breaking news, there’s occasional need to work late, off hours, or on weekends. Los Angeles location preferred, but the role will maintain East Coast hours.
Qualifications:
• 3-5 years of entertainment journalism experience
• History of covering news, including ability to spot and execute stories quickly.
• Understand when a breaking news story requires working later than a typical shift
• Three to five years’ experience writing and editing short-form pieces on a tight deadline
• Understanding of the entertainment media landscape
• Experience using a CMS and social media platforms
• Knowledge of SEO as well as using Google Analytics to track performance.
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About IndieWire:
For over 25 years, IndieWire has been covering the business and art of entertainment. With the respect of film and TV creators, executives, and passionate fans alike, IndieWire is known for being ahead of the curve with a unique editorial voice that combines in-depth industry reporting and analysis, breaking news, and its best-in-class Oscars, Emmys, and crafts coverage. IndieWire began in July 1996 as an online chat room and evolved to become one of the earliest online entertainment news outlets. As IndieWire grew, its coverage expanded beyond film festivals and the independent film industry to include all aspects of Hollywood and the expanding universes of TV and streaming and has continued to do so since being acquired by Penske Media Corp. in 2016.
About Penske Media Corporation:
PMC is a leading independent global media and information services company whose award-winning content attracts a passionate monthly audience of more than 310 million. Since 2004, Penske Media has been a pioneer in digital media and a platform innovator, reaching viewers on all screens across its ever-growing constellation of iconic brands, which includes Deadline, Variety, Rolling Stone, Billboard, The Hollywood Reporter, VIBE, WWD, SHE Media, Robb Report, Sportico, TVLine, BGR, ARTnews, Art in America, Fairchild Media, and Spy.com, among many others. PMC’s journalists and content creators deliver daily the most comprehensive news and information in their industries and areas of coverage, unequaled in ambition, depth and courage. Headquartered in New York and Los Angeles with additional offices in 14 countries worldwide, PMC believes companies should not only be profitable but also forces for good. To learn more about PMC, our 2% Foundation, and our portfolio of brands, please visit www.pmc.com.