Temporary Express Reporter

tbd040918IAC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully stocked kitchens with snacks and drinks

Celebration opportunities

Job summary

The Daily Beast is looking for an Express Reporter in New York to join its breaking news team. As a reporter, you will cover breaking news across various subjects, from politics to pop culture, while collaborating with seasoned journalists.

The ideal candidate has at least 6 months of experience at a national news organization and is driven to deliver timely news with clean copy and excellent judgment. The role offers the unique opportunity to engage with readers and learn in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• 6 months’ experience at a national news organization.
• Ability to engage with readers on social platforms.
• Strong interest in fast-paced newsroom dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Report breaking news stories across various beats.
• Shape the site’s voice and coverage with teams.
• Learn advanced reporting skills using investigative tools.

Skills

News judgment

Reporting skills

Social media engagement

Clean copywriting

Education

College degree preferable

Job description

The Daily Beast delivers award-winning original reporting and sharp opinion from big personalities in the arenas of politics, pop-culture, world news and more. Fiercely independent and armed with irreverent intelligence, The Daily Beast now reaches more than 20 million readers per month. The Daily Beast is based in New York and is an operating business of IAC (NASDAQ: IAC).

Job Description

What We Can Offer You

The Express Reporter will be an integral member of the breaking news team in our New York offices. You’ll help our senior leadership team report out news coverage of the most important stories of the day, from politics to entertainment and world news—all while working alongside and learning from our amazing team of seasoned journalists.

What You Get To Do

• Report out breaking news stories on a variety of beats, from politics to pop culture to world news and more.
• Work with our Breaking News and Cheat Sheet teams to shape the site’s voice and coverage.
• Engage with readers on a variety of social platforms, including Facebook, Twitter and Reddit.
• Learn advanced reporting skills with court records and investigative tools.

Qualifications

What You Bring To Us

• 6 months’ experience at a national news organization
• College degree preferable
• A keen insight into what viewers want from the news
• Speed and excellent news judgment
• An obsessive interest in getting the news out quickly and helping readers understand the most important stories of the day, month, year
• A hunger to work in a fast‑paced newsroom and to stay abreast of the competition
• Clean copy and good, strong prose

Additional Information

Why Work Here

The Daily Beast is a globally recognized publication at IAC HQ in pristine Chelsea in New York City. Being part of IAC, we are able to provide you some of our benefits: fully stocked kitchens with snacks and drinks, and excuses to celebrate all the time! Work for us and work for something spectacular.

More About Us

Why The Daily Beast? We reach over 20mm of the most affluent and influential readers on the web, the majority of whom are millennials. We have the aesthetic, quality, and editorial chops of a traditional media company with the nimble, tech‑savvy required to be a digital‑only publisher. We are the best in the business at content partnerships, and we prove it through home‑grown proprietary content tools that allow us to both predict what our partners should write about, and also measure the success of their content. This is a rare opportunity to work for a well‑known, well‑respected digital brand that helps drive the national conversation from politics to fashion, or breaking news to culture.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.