Northeastern University Hiring for News Reporter at Massachusetts, United States Full Time

News Reporter

About the Opportunity

Summary and Responsibilities:

Northeastern University is looking for an experienced News Reporter
for its award-winning daily news organization, News@Northeastern. The News Reporter
is a journalist with a few years of experience researching,
gathering and reporting timely information with superb clarity and
accuracy. He/she/they are great at evaluating news tips to develop
story ideas, identifying sources, conducting interviews and
thorough reporting, and writing excellent articles according to our
editorial style and standards.

The News Reporter is a curious storyteller who is relentless is
their pursuit of newsworthiness. He/she/they are part of a team of
reporters whose job it is tell the best stories that Northeastern
University wants to be known for. In addition to reporting on news
from the university’s research and teaching enterprise, the News
Reporter covers timely news and events that captivates news cycles
around the world, and identifies unique angles to make the
reporting relevant to the university.

The News Reporter is a fast, accurate and excellent news writer who
is responsible for producing great stories under tight deadlines,
in a creative, collaborative, fast-paced, environment. Stories the
News Reporter will be covering include but are not limited to
scientific discoveries, research findings from multiple
disciplines, faculty and student achievements, and all aspects of
campus life.

Northeastern is a large research university where many of the
brightest minds innovate in labs, in classrooms and off campus,
every day. Our experiential learning programs take students around
the world for work, research and study.

The News Reporter is based in the Office of Communications on
Northeastern’s Boston campus. The university is primarily in-person
with reasonable flexibility. This position has a hybrid option.
Like all staff members in the Office of Communications, the News
Reporter is occasionally required to work after hours and on
weekend assignments.

Experience in higher education is not needed, nor it is
desired.

Must have:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3-5 years of newsroom experience
• Excellent writing and copy-editing skills
• Excellent command of AP style
• Excellent sense of what is news
• Superb focus on detail and accuracy while maintaining
  speed

• Respect for short deadlines
• Solid grasp on data and how to use it to inform
  storytelling

• Familiarity with SEO
• Knowledgeable about current social media platforms and using
  them for storytelling

• Curiosity
• Flexibility
• Sense of humor
• Excellent work ethic
• Love for problem solving, multitasking, collaboration

  Great if you also have:

• Experience with content management systems, WordPress in
  particular

  Position Type

  Marketing and Communications

  Additional Information

  Northeastern University is an equal opportunity employer, seeking
  to recruit and support a broadly diverse community of faculty and
  staff. Northeastern values and celebrates diversity in all its
  forms and strives to foster an inclusive culture built on respect
  that affirms inter-group relations and builds cohesion.

  All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive
  consideration for employment without regard to race, religion,
  color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability
  status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable
  law.

  To learn more about Northeastern University’s commitment and
  support of diversity and inclusion, please see
  www.northeastern.edu/diversity.

  To apply, visit https://northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/careers/job/Boston-MA-Main-Campus/News-Reporter_R110577

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