Fox News Digital is looking for an experienced Writer to join our team. You love breaking news and thrive working in a fast-paced environment. You have experience in journalism with an eye for breaking and compelling news to serve our audience. You ''live and breathe'' news, consuming content from a wide variety of sources.
You are able to write and produce several stories efficiently on a daily basis, mainly covering breaking news along with news of the day/trending news and some original reporting.
You will be offered one of the following shifts
Sunday-Thursday; 2:00 PM, ET - 10:00 PM, ET
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 Fox News Digital's audience, aggregating with complete and proper attribution
- Pursue original and exclusive stories through close contact with sources
- Present all stories, original, breaking, and aggregated, in an accessible, consistent, and compelling style
- Collaborate closely with editors and fellow writers/reporters
- Obtain and edit the most compelling video and pictures for each story
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
- Bachelor's degree in journalism or a related field of study preferred, or equivalent experience
- Experience covering the news and newsroom experience
- An intense interest in news across verticals, including U.S., World, Politics, Business and more
- Knowledge of AP style is vital, as is a clear and crisp writing style
- Possess a firm grasp of current events and a desire to be precise, quick, and accurate in presenting the news to the vast Fox News Digital audience
- Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment and work under pressure in a fast-paced newsroom environment
- Ability to be flexible and work on some holidays as needed; possess an ''on-call'' mentality and be prepared to work under emergency or breaking news conditions
- Ability to travel for breaking news stories
- Know-how in developing SEO-focused content
- PhotoShop and knowledge of video (iPhone) editing skills preferred
- Ability to leverage AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, NotebookLM)) to accelerate research, fact-gathering, and story framing in a fast-moving news cycle.
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