Politics Reporter Jobs

Experience editing fast-moving breaking news

A minimum of roughly five years of experience covering or editing politics, regulations and policy.

A collaborative demeanor with experience working and coordinating with multiple teams and across multiple platforms: social media, TV and digital video.

Must be highly motivated, extremely organized, detail-oriented, and possess outstanding communication and coordination skills.

Experience at a major online news site, daily financial publication or health desk of a large daily newspaper.

Passionate about digital story telling and creating the best reader experience online.

The skills to write quick, clean and accurate stories on deadline

A deep interest in covering politics. Prior experience covering California politics and government is desired but not required

Report and write daily stories on major political developments in California

Closely monitor major storylines and political figures in Sacramento and statewide

Helm our California Playbook PM newsletter, working with politics and policy reporters, and contribute reported items for other newsletters

Stake out key legislative meetings and interview lawmakers and others in the state Capitol

Graduate degree in law (JD, LLM)

Based on University procedures, adjunct faculty are typically limited to teaching no more than two classes per semester.

451 – International Business Law

230 – Introduction to Legal Studies

Please indicate course(s) and section(s) of interest in your cover letter.

Required Skills, Qualification and Experience

Meet goals set by editorial management such as contracts signed and manuscripts handed over to production

Serve as a project manager for each book project, coordinating delivery date, production workflows, and author management

Work with editorial assistants and editorial coordinators to ensure high-quality list management

Evaluate proposals and manuscripts to determine commercial viability, audience, and market; offer editorial feedback

Manage the back-list, making decisions on publishing potential new editions of successful titles

Experience editing fast-moving breaking news

Mentor, coach, and empower both junior and experienced reporters

10+ years of experience covering or editing politics and regulations

A collaborative demeanor with experience working and coordinating with multiple teams and across multiple platforms: social media, TV, and digital video.

Must be highly motivated, extremely organized, detail-oriented, and possess outstanding communication and coordination skills.

Experience at a major online news site or a daily financial publication.

2+ years of digital storytelling experience and a college degree or equivalent.

Ability to work quickly under pressure and experience handling breaking news stories is a must.

Skill in writing headlines and a sharp, precise paragraph that captures the essence of the story.

You’ll be writing politics breaking news pieces.

You’ll pitch stories and collaborate with team members on daily news priorities.

You’ll work quickly to familiarize yourself with the major players, policies and key news lines in any breaking story.

Years of digital storytelling experience and a college degree or equivalent.

Ability to work quickly under pressure and experience handling breaking news stories is a must.

Skill in writing headlines and a sharp, precise paragraph that captures the essence of the story.

years of digital storytelling experience and a college degree or equivalent.

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Previous experience in a fast-paced digital news environment. Previous experience covering U.S. politics is strongly preferred.

Understanding audience, selecting stories on issues that will have broad reach and impact.

Familiarity with real-time readership resources like Chartbeat, Parse.lyGoogle Trends or Google Analytics is a plus.

A bachelor’s degree or higher in journalism, communications or a related field.

Building up sources, alerts and experts

Balancing the need for fast turns with unique features.

Manage and edit a high-performing group of reporters with varying levels of experience

Experience managing and coaching reporters or researchers

Help conceive data-driven campaign and elections coverage that resonates with our audience of political obsessives

Work with other teams across the newsroom to compile and analyze data that enrich their reporting

A track record of success in political data reporting

A rigorous commitment to fair-minded, nonpartisan journalism

Pitch and find a new beat for the Debug section

Continually pitch new story ideas that align with the daily news cycle

Produce original reporting and breaking news articles on a regular basis, approximately two stories a day

Familiarity with state and national politics, Congress and campaigns

A track record of clean, clear, authoritative writing

Ability to break news and work on deadline while also pursuing enterprise stories

Collaborative spirit to work as part of a team

We are driven by our values.

Produce a daily Monday-Friday newsletter to build audience with the market's most engaging and urgent coverage, insights and analysis

Create a need-to-read buzz that strengthens civic conversation and participation.

Provide readers with a road map for how they can interact with and influence decision-makers at every level.

Tap into trending moments when local politicians make national news.

Use clear language to explain what's really happening.

Hold our local and regional elected officials to account.

A bachelor’s degree in journalism or related field of study is preferred, or equivalent experience.

Minimum of two years production experience in the news television industry.

A deep interest in and a foundational knowledge of the current domestic political landscape.

Strong news judgment as well as written, verbal, interpersonal communication, research and production skills.

Strong writing skills, eventually may be called upon to independently write television scripts.

Candidate should have standard knowledge of show production.

2+ years of digital storytelling experience and a college degree or equivalent.

Skill in writing headlines and a sharp, precise paragraph that captures the essence of the story.

You’ll be writing politics breaking news pieces.

You’ll pitch stories and collaborate with team members on daily news priorities.

You’ll work quickly to familiarize yourself with the major players in any breaking story.

Willingness to work nights and weekends. Flexibility with schedule to account for major breaking news events is required in this role.

To be determined based on qualifications

Three years of secondary and/or post-secondary teaching experience

History, Politics & Geography Faculty

Responsible for providing instruction in accordance with the philosophy and objectives of the College.

Masters degree in US History. Earned Doctorate is required for tenure.

This position is subject to Veterans Preference.

Communication skills to build strong source networks.

Expert-level writing skills in multiple formats – short form, long form, narrative, hard news and features.

Strong interpersonal skills, including empathy and the ability to take and give constructive criticism.

Break exclusive news that readers care about.

Conceive compelling enterprise story ideas relevant to local readers.

Develop a broad range of sources.