Writer, Breaking​/Trending News

Responsibilities

• Cover breaking news events, writing quickly and precisely to help solidify Fox News as the go-to site for breaking news.
• Pitch and cover stories that resonate with Fox News Digital’s audience, aggregating with complete and proper attribution.
• Pursue original and exclusive stories through close contact with sources.
• Present all stories, original, breaking, and aggregated, in an accessible, consistent, and compelling style.
• Collaborate closely with editors and fellow writers/reporters.
• Obtain and edit the most compelling video and pictures for each story.

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism or a related field of study preferred, or equivalent experience.
• Experience covering the news and newsroom experience.
• An intense interest in news across verticals, including U.S., World, Politics, Business and more.
• Knowledge of AP style is vital, as is a clear and crisp writing style.
• Possess a firm grasp of current events and a desire to be precise, quick, and accurate in presenting the news to the vast Fox News Digital audience.
• Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment and work under pressure in a fast-paced newsroom environment.
• Ability to be flexible and work on some holidays as needed; possess an “on-call” mentality and be prepared to work under emergency or breaking news conditions.
• Ability to travel for breaking news stories.
• Know-how in developing SEO-focused content.
• Photo Shop and knowledge of video (iPhone) editing skills preferred.
• Ability to leverage AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, NotebookLM)) to accelerate research, fact-gathering, and story framing in a fast-moving news cycle.

• journalism
• news coverage
• AP style
• SEO-focused content
• video editing
• photo editing

• writing
• communication
• deadline management
• flexibility
• ability to work under pressure
• collaboration

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism