Wellness Reporter

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$70,000.00/yr - $82,000.00/yr

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The New York Post provides readers with the best in News, Sports, Pop Culture and Entertainment – with signature wit, irreverence, and authority averaging 90 million unique monthly viewers. Over the past 224 years, The Post has evolved into a multi-platform media company spanning print, digital, video, audio, app, television and commerce.

The New York Post digital team is looking for a full-time Wellness Reporter (Mon-Fri, 12 pm - 8 pm) plugged into the world of health and wellness. This person must be a self-starter with excellent health contacts, as well as the ability to break down complicated studies into lively and informative copy. They’ll be expected to write several stories a day on deadline, covering everything from trends and social media posts to new medical studies and breaking news.

In addition to working on original service-driven pieces, they’ll also report out health-related features. These might include digging into the debate over a controversial wellness topic or finding real people to discuss personal health struggles.

Responsibilities:

• Craft clean, compelling and well-sourced health news articles on tight deadlines
• Produce a variety of content, including quick hits and longer reported features, often juggling multiple projects at once
• Pitch both timely and evergreen story ideas while monitoring trending health topics on social media
• Analyze health studies and statistics, translating them into engaging and understandable copy
• Quickly develop an understanding of New York Post readers and the kind of content they find engaging, relying on good news judgement and analytics
• When necessary, edit and self-publish articles with adherence to publication standards
• Ideally, this candidate will also have some comfort level on camera and a willingness to appear in social media videos

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in journalism or related field
• At least three years of experience as a health reporter
• Exceptional writing skills with a keen understanding of SEO principles
• Creative thinker with the ability to generate fresh perspectives and angles on health topics
• Strong knowledge of health trends, research methodologies and data analysis techniques
• Proficiency in editing and self-publishing processes to ensure accuracy and adherence to publication guidelines
• Experience using analytics tools to inform content strategy and identify audience interests
• Ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines while maintaining quality standards
• Proficiency in Word Press or similar CMS

Note:

The NY Post adheres to a hybrid work model.

At The New York Post we recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, our ranges reflect our good faith estimate to pay fairly as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate’s experience, industry knowledge, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

In addition to compensation, the company provides eligible employees a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including “elective” benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.

As an equal opportunity employer, the New York Post does not discriminate in hiring or the terms and conditions of employment because of an individual’s race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The New York Post will consider the provision of reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental disabilities of otherwise qualified applicants to enable them to participate in our application process and to effectively perform the essential functions of the job, unless doing so would impose an undue financial or operational hardship.

• Seniority level
  
  Mid-Senior level

• Employment type
  
  Full-time

• Job function
  
  Writing/Editing
• Industries Media Production, Writing and Editing, and Retail Books and Printed News

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