Temporary Reporter, Breaking News

Forbes; United States; Remote; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Forbes is seeking a temporary writer for its News Desk, focusing on major news stories for a general audience. The ideal candidate should have a passion for news, strong writing skills, and the ability to quickly produce engaging content. Responsibilities include writing articles, identifying relevant topics, and collaborating with editorial departments. Candidates must have at least 3 years of writing or editing experience, with a strong interest in business news.

Qualifications

• 3-plus years as a full-time writer or editor.
• Ability to write accurately and quickly.
• Understanding of content trends and technologies.

Responsibilities

• Write on major news stories for a general audience.
• Identify topics and questions raised by news stories.
• Write multiple posts on any given topic every day.

Skills

Writing quickly and accurately

Outstanding writing and editing abilities

Strong headline writing skills

Knowledge of social media and SEO best practices

Tools

Wordpress

Job description

Forbes believes in the power of entrepreneurial capitalism and uses it on various platforms to ignite the conversations that drive systemic change in business, culture and society. We celebrate success and are committed to using our megaphone to drive diversity, equity and inclusion.

Forbes is hiring for its News Desk. The ideal candidate should be a news obsessive with a passion for thinking quickly and creatively off breaking news and emerging news trends and topic areas, and anticipating the questions a smart reader would have. The challenge for the desk is to quickly distill big news events down to their essence, in crystal-clear prose and with proper context, for the Forbes Topline story format, adding supplemental reporting whenever possible.

Top candidates should be generalists who can write about anything, but specific experience covering businesses, markets or entrepreneurs is a plus.

This is a temporary position.

Responsibilities:

• Write on major news stories that make sense for a general Forbes audience, quickly turning around articles with sharp, story-advancing approaches and angles.
• Identify topics and questions raised by news stories, and be able to clearly explain them through research and reporting.
• Ability to spot fresh and interesting stories that have not already been widely shared.
• Write multiple posts on any given topic every day.
• Clearly communicate across Forbes’ multiple editorial departments and contributors.
• Write accurate, lively and concise posts.
• Track down sources quickly for interviews when necessary.
• Strong headline writing skills, and comfort with any/all social media platforms.
• Strong interest in and basic knowledge of business news and financial coverage.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Experience: 3-plus years as a full-time writer or editor.
• Proven ability at writing quickly and accurately.
• Outstanding writing, grammar and editing abilities.
• An instinct and enthusiasm for advancing news stories, as well as writing stories that resonate with the target audience.
• Understanding of the latest content trends and technologies, including content management systems like Wordpress, Social Media and SEO best practices.

The hourly rate for this role is $28.85 - $28.85.

Forbes has estimated the compensation range set forth above in good faith. The compensation range is what we believe we will offer, and ultimately pay, a successful candidate. In determining this range, we consider the experience, level of education (if applicable to the role), knowledge, skills, and abilities required to be had by a successful candidate as well as the budget and the company’s pay rates, generally. This said, we may have to make changes to our compensation estimates and job descriptions from time to time and we expressly reserve the right to do so. Should we make any such changes, this advertisement will be revised to reflect such revisions. We encourage you to occasionally re-visit this advertisement to ensure that you are abreast of any changes. Thank you for your interest in joining Forbes!

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Forbes aims to offer employees the flexibility they need in order to be successful. Some positions may require candidates to be based in a specific location for consideration while some roles may be fully remote (within the U.S.) if it aligns with the needs of the position. This position is only open to candidates residing in California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, & Washington. Due to business operations and compliance requirements, we are unable to consider applicants based outside these states at this time.

Forbes is an equal opportunity employer.

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