Americas Live Pages Editor
About The Position
We are seeking an experienced journalist based on the West Coast for Reuters Live Pages. Live Pages are a direct-to-consumer scrolling multimedia feed of text, video, pictures, graphics, and social media in a mobile-first presentation for the biggest stories of the day. As Americas Live Pages Editor you will coordinate with reporters around the world to cover the biggest stories - political, business, entertainment and general news, wherever they occur, and be prepared to pivot quickly as news breaks. You will bring ideas, energy, and enthusiasm to a versatile cross-discipline team and relish the challenge of helping grow Live Coverage as a core part of the Reuters newsroom. You will use a diverse mix of storytelling formats, including photos, videos, graphics, social media posts and podcasts as well as text. You will ensure our pages are engaging and conversational but authoritative, accurate and impartial, taking care with presentation to make sure they look polished on both desktop and mobile. You will work closely with the digital team and bureaus to plan for future Live Pages and prepare material for them. You will use audience insights and performance data to inform daily decisions. You will manage Live Pages that began in other regions during their dayside hours as well as launching new Live Pages for events that occur within the dayside hours of the Americas, before handing over to the Asia-based team when they start their day. You will be a team player who is prepared to share your own skillsets and acquire those of others, while helping coach and develop more junior team members.
Requirements
- Extensive experience managing coverage of breaking news.
- Experience publishing/direct injecting content is a must.
- Strong knowledge of and experience covering U.S. politics.
- Passionate about reaching online and mobile audiences through visually engaging, informative news coverage.
- Experience managing a team either in person or virtually.
- Can write accurately and at speed, with superb copy-editing skills that include working with complex, legally and socially sensitive stories, ensuring adherence to Reuters Trust Principles in a fast-moving situation.
- Strong digital and multimedia expertise and familiarity with the needs of a digital audience.
- Can remain calm under pressure, with the ability to make quick and sound decisions in a fast-paced environment.
- Good communication skills, a strong team ethic, diplomacy and collaboration skills.
Nice To Haves
- Experience optimizing stories for search (SEO), as well as an understanding of analytics, are a plus.
- Prior experience of working with a live news webpage format.
Responsibilities
- Coordinate with reporters around the world to cover the biggest stories - political, business, entertainment and general news, wherever they occur, and be prepared to pivot quickly as news breaks.
- Bring ideas, energy, and enthusiasm to a versatile cross-discipline team.
- Relish the challenge of helping grow Live Coverage as a core part of the Reuters newsroom.
- Use a diverse mix of storytelling formats, including photos, videos, graphics, social media posts and podcasts as well as text.
- Ensure our pages are engaging and conversational but authoritative, accurate and impartial, taking care with presentation to make sure they look polished on both desktop and mobile.
- Work closely with the digital team and bureaus to plan for future Live Pages and prepare material for them.
- Use audience insights and performance data to inform daily decisions.
- Manage Live Pages that began in other regions during their dayside hours as well as launching new Live Pages for events that occur within the dayside hours of the Americas, before handing over to the Asia-based team when they start their day.
- Be a team player who is prepared to share your own skillsets and acquire those of others, while helping coach and develop more junior team members.
Benefits
- Global Career
- Learning & Development
- On the job learning and coaching
- Dedicated training team focused on the continuous development of our journalists
- Industry Competitive Benefits
- Competitive salary packages
- Market leading benefits
- Paid volunteering days
- Work alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and a team who provide unmatched, award-winning coverage of the world’s most important stories.
- Market competitive health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance programs
- Competitive 401k plan with company match
- Market leading work life benefits
- Competitive vacation, sick and safe paid time off
- Paid holidays (including two company mental health days off)
- Parental leave
- Sabbatical leave
- Optional hospital, accident and sickness insurance paid 100% by the employee
- Optional life and AD&D insurance paid 100% by the employee
- Flexible Spending and Health Savings Accounts
- Fitness reimbursement
- Access to Employee Assistance Program
- Group Legal Identity Theft Protection benefit paid 100% by employee
- Access to 529 Plan
- Commuter benefits
- Adoption & Surrogacy Assistance
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Access to Employee Stock Purchase Plan
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
