Sports Correspondent

TRSS; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global news organization as a Sports Correspondent. You will be responsible for delivering exclusive sports stories and insights across various themes, working within a diverse team and leveraging your extensive reporting experience to capture the biggest sports news.

Benefits

Global career opportunities

Learning & Development programs

Industry competitive benefits

Work with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists

Qualifications

• At least five years of reporting experience.
• Track record of delivering exclusive stories.
• Ability to flit between sporting disciplines.
• Ability to keep a cool head in high-pressure environments.

Responsibilities

• Deliver engaging sports coverage as lead writer.
• Develop sources and break exclusive news.
• Write on the intersection of sports and society.

Skills

Reporting

Storytelling

News judgment

Engagement

Job description

Sports Correspondent :

The Sports Correspondent is a senior reporter with a track record of developing sources and building beats. The ideal candidate is an excellent reporter and storyteller, with sound news judgment and the ability to write lucid, engaging copy.

About the Role:

• The Sports Correspondent is a reporter with a track record of developing sources and building beats.
• Develop sources and break exclusive news
• Be lead writer on the biggest sports stories of the day
• Deliver supplementary analysis and insight on major breaking news
• Maintain a rich and varied file of enterprise stories and features
• Write on broad themes including, but not limited to, the intersection of sports and business, politics and social issues.

About You:

You will be a good fit for the role of Sports Correspondent if your background includes:

• At least five years of reporting experience
• A track record of delivering exclusive stories
• Working in a diverse team
• The ability to flit between sporting disciplines
• The ability to keep a cool head in a high-pressure environment

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What’s in it For You?

At Reuters, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:

• Global Career: As a global company, we can offer a truly international career and progression opportunities.

• Learning & Development: On the job learning and coaching. We also have a dedicated training team focused on the continuous development of our journalists.

• Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer competitive salary packages and market leading benefits including paid volunteering days.

• Perks: Work alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and a team who provide unmatched, award-winning coverage of the world’s most important stories.

About Reuters

Reuters is the world’s largest multimedia news provider. Founded in 1851, it is committed to the Trust Principles of independence, integrity and freedom from bias. With unmatched coverage in over 16 languages, and reaching billions of people worldwide every day, Reuters provides trusted intelligence that powers humans and machines to make smart decisions. It supplies business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers.

About Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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