What are the responsibilities and job description for the Digital News Reporter position at Education Week?
Education Week, an independent, nonprofit media organization that provides news, analysis, and research on K-12 American education, is seeking a full-time Digital News Reporter to join our Digital News team.
Job Summary
Education Week is looking for a passionate, innovative, and tenacious early-career journalist who is eager to strengthen their career in a newsroom and contribute to EdWeek’s mission. The ideal candidate will have strong news judgment and interpersonal skills, a curiosity to learn and able to take on a myriad of assignments and tasks in a variety of formats – text, visual, data immersive, newsletter writing, and more. This journalist enjoys new challenges and understands how to balance priorities in a professional setting. The Digital News Reporter reports to the Deputy Managing Editor, Digital News.
In addition to traditional news articles, this journalist will produce stories that may be formatted as videos, quizzes, explainers, visual pieces, features and profiles. They will bring a keen eye for exciting and engaging approaches to content delivery to help us draw new readers and subscribers, someone eager to balance smart reporting with eye-catching formats.
At EdWeek our people and relationships are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that in-person work is essential to our culture, collaboration and professional development. That's why we operate on a hybrid model, with the expectation that team members will be in the office during the current policy of assigned two days per week. This role is designed for those who thrive in a dynamic, collaborative environment and is not intended for remote or virtual work. This full-time, hybrid position is aligned to the Bethesda, MD office and candidate must be in the locality.
Responsibilities
- Consistently writes and produces a robust stream engaging content every month
- Builds relationships with sources in the education area
- Attends education events and press conferences
- Stays on top of education trends and regularly pitches related story ideas
- Conducts interviews with experts or key players in their industry
- Contributes to Digital New responsibilities and duties as assigned
Qualifications and Skills
- Bachelor's degree in journalism or related field
- 1-2 years of relevant media and/or education experience
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Comfort in covering a wide range of topics across the education space
- Ability to collaborate with peers and senior leadership on a variety of stories
- Strong technical skills, including understanding of a CMS and HTML
- Digital media skills such as audio, video and social media, a plus
- Ability to work under a deadline and write compelling, accurate pieces
- Ability to quickly adapt to changing circumstances and environments
- Working knowledge of education issues is extremely helpful, with a desire to learn
About Education Week
We are principled. We are welcoming. We are passionate. We are expert.
Editorial Projects in Education (EPE) serves the nation’s leading K-12 policymakers, educators, researchers, marketers and other influencers with informed, independent, and highly respected journalism and research, with the goal of improving U.S. K-12 education. Education Week (www.edweek.org), K-12 education news, analysis, and opinion, is a digital-first news operation that is dedicated to raising the level of awareness and understanding among professionals and the public of important issues in American education. A leading authority in an ever-evolving space, we bring over four decades of experience to our journalism and research without bias or agenda. At Education Week, we believe that an equitable—and excellent—education for all students is possible, and we empower the field to make it a reality.
Benefits
Education Week is a vibrant workplace that is conveniently located in the heart of downtown Bethesda, MD. We offer a competitive benefits package including health, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k), tuition assistance, and more. We value innovation, leadership, and forward-thinking, and provide a friendly, intellectual, challenging work environment where employees can thrive and grow professionally.
Education Week is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, skin color, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, marital status, military status, pregnancy, or parenthood. EdWeek is committed to maintaining a diverse and multicultural working environment.
Education Week will not be able to sponsor applicants for work visas.
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