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Digital Weekend News Editor, PEOPLE

Remote: 
Full Remote
Salary: 
67 - 73K yearly
Experience: 
Senior (5-10 years)
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Offer summary

Qualifications:

At least 6 years experience in news writing, Experience at a national news brand preferred, Familiarity with daily news topics, Ability to handle high-volume content.

Key responsabilities:

  • Editing and writing content for news team
  • Curating, assigning and editing content during weekend shifts
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Job description

This assignment posting is for an Agency Worker opportunity with Dotdash Meredith. The Agency Worker is paid by a staffing agency employer. Agency Workers will receive a W2 from the staffing agency  reporting their earnings for tax purposes.

PEOPLE is currently hiring a Digital News Editor to work on our news team across all of our verticals (both celebrity and non-celebrity) Thursday-Mondays, during the set hours of 12-8 PM EST on weekends and 11-7 EST on weekdays. Guaranteed 40 hours a week, including the two weekend days.  
 
This is a fast-paced news operation covering stories about entertainment, crime, human interest, society and culture and lifestyle topics. The experienced editor must be able to handle a high volume of content, and juggle editing and writing.  
 
They will spend parts of their weekend shift as the site lead—curating, assigning and editing content while communicating with editorial leaders. They will also help program the PEOPLE.com homepage and should have excellent news judgement. They should feel comfortable conducting interviews with high-profile subjects and pivoting between various content types, and be familiar with daily news topics.  
At least 6 years experience writing for a news website in a high-velocity environment required. Experience at a national news brand preferred.  
 
Location: Remote
Pay rate: $35-38/hr

 

Required profile

Experience

Level of experience: Senior (5-10 years)
Spoken language(s):
English
Check out the description to know which languages are mandatory.

Other Skills

  • Writing
  • Editing
  • Time Management
  • Communication

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