Reporter, US News and Crime

Fox Corporation•Washington, DC

10d•$74,000 - $97,500•Remote

About The Position

Fox News Digital is seeking an experienced Reporter to join its US News/Crime team. This is not an on-air role. The ideal candidate is a seasoned reporter with extensive national newsroom experience and a wide range of sources enabling them to break news and conduct original, exclusive reporting. The role requires the ability to consistently produce stories with original video, interviews, photos, and graphic elements, and the candidate should possess a robust rolodex of criminal, legal, and police contacts. Daily story pitching and execution of short- and long-term assignments are expected.

Requirements

Professional newsroom experience
Experience covering US news at a national media outlet, digital experience preferred
Experience covering crime, courts, legal, and investigations
Knowledge of AP style writing
Command of PACER, Lexis-Nexis, FOIA requests
Command of SEO
Experience with digital analytics to monitor, build traffic
Experience with headlines CMS, WordPress knowledge
Ability to travel domestically and internationally
Possess a competitive spirit
Possess an “on-call” mentality and be prepared to work outside of shift in emergency or breaking news conditions
Eager to network out of the office
Voracious consumer of news

Nice To Haves

Ideal candidate will have robust rolodex of criminal, legal and police contacts

Responsibilities

Emphasis on original, enterprise and investigative reporting
Must be able to respond to breaking US news and turn stories accurately under pressure
Ability to consistently produce stories with original video, interviews, photos and graphic elements
Pitch stories daily as well as execute short- and long-term assignments
Ability to leverage AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, NotebookLM)) to accelerate research, fact-gathering, and story framing in a fast-moving news cycle.