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FOX Corporation
1211 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York, United States
Web: https://foxcareers.com/
Location: New York, New York, United States
Salary: 61000-75000 USD per year
Posted: 01.29.2025
Job Description
FoxNews.com is looking for an experienced US News Writer to join our team. You love breaking news and thrive in a fast-paced environment. You have 2+ years of breaking news reporting experience and understand the issues and stories that resonate with the Fox News audience. You’re building a rolodex of networks across America from police to politics to pop culture. You are skilled at delivering several stories accurately on a daily basis, mainly covering breaking news along with news of the day/trending news. You will have the opportunity to do original and exclusive reporting.
Shift: **This is NOT an on-air role.**
A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Cover breaking news events, writing quickly and precisely to help solidify Fox News as the go-to site for breaking news.
- Pitch and cover stories that resonate with FoxNews.com’s audience, aggregating with complete and proper attribution.
- Pursue original and exclusive stories through close contact with sources.
- Present all original, breaking, and aggregated stories in an accessible, consistent, and compelling style.
- Collaborate closely with editors and fellow writers/reporters.
Job Requirements
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
- A Bachelor’s Degree in journalism or a related field of study preferred, or equivalent experience.
- 2+ years of newsroom experience.
- Ability to work holidays, extra days, and longer hours and possess an “on-call” mentality.
- Ability to work in emergency and/or breaking news conditions.
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally when breaking news warrants.
- Ability to deliver accurate copy under pressure in a deadline-driven environment.
- Firm grasp of current news and events.
- Strong understanding of the FoxNews.com audience.
- Firm grasp of SEO story production and content development.
- Knowledge of AP style.
- Experience with PhotoShop and knowledge of video (iPhone) editing skills preferred.