Breaking & Trending News Reporter

Job Description

Breaking & Trending News Reporter

Da Francesco's - Iselin, NJ

• Remote
  
  

Salary: $53K - $56K/yr

Full-time

Posted 15 hours ago

Job Description

NJ Advance Media is seeking a Breaking and Trending News Reporter for their growing AI content team.

Responsibilities include covering a wide range of topics including business, real estate, weather, and public safety, while utilizing AI to improve efficiency.

Requirements

• A degree in journalism or communications or equivalent education and work experience with a proven ability in journalism reporting and writing
• A minimum of one year in journalism with a proven ability in reporting and writing required
• Experience in breaking news and headline optimization.
• An interest and enthusiasm to forge new AI-driven workflows to improve newsroom-wide efficiency.
• An ability to work independently under deadline pressure and prioritize tasks appropriately
• A sound understanding of news writing, journalistic ethics and story structure
• Experience building or working with AI agents is a plus, but not required.
• Experience using social media to find stories and promote content
• Ability to work remotely
• Availability to work weekends, some holidays and occasional irregular hours to meet the needs of the breaking news staffing
• This job requires reliable transportation to meet with sources and/or cover events in New Jersey during occasional traditional breaking news shifts.