Reporter, News

The role

The news writer-editor will lead afternoons and evenings on the newsdesk. This person will perform real-time news surveillance, write spot news stories, and edit national news.

What you will do

• Real-time news surveillance
• Quick-turn writing of spot news stories
• Editing a wide variety of national news
• Monitoring developments on key stories and flagging them to experts

Required qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills to collaborate with a team of journalists
• Writing and editing experience in a fast-paced news environment
• Demonstrated experience monitoring and activating on news
• A belief in Smart Brevity as the core writing style of Axios
• Experience working across teams to produce quality content
• Demonstrated knowledge of the digital and social media landscape
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Willing to work afternoons/evenings (2pm-10pm ET Sunday-Thursday)

Nice to have

• get-stuff-done attitude
• strong sense of personal responsibility and urgency
• passion for being on top of the news at all times

Benefits

• 401(k) with employer match
• Robust PPO and High Deductible health insurance options on the Blue Cross Blue Shield network
• Employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution for the high deductible health plan option
• Dental and vision coverage
• Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave
• Generous vacation policy, plus holidays
• One mental health day per quarter
• Annual learning and development stipend
• $100 monthly work-from-home stipend
• Tele-mental health services through Headspace
• OneMedical membership, including telehealth services
• Personal health advocacy resources through HealthAdvocate

About the company

Axios is a media organization dedicated to providing trustworthy, award-winning news in an audience-first format.