Remote News & Entertainment — Reporters/Writers/Editors Job in UK CompuGain

Who you are

What the job involves

• Write clean and vibrant SEO-optimized copy that is fun and entertaining
• Develop longer enterprise and investigative pieces as needed
• Ability to brainstorm collate ideas and thoroughly report them out
• Ability to spot viral stories or a compelling angle not covered by other publications and the ability to re-work a local story with a national angle
• Strong news gathering skills and able to work in a digital-first environment
• An understanding of how to navigate court documents the inner workings of local authorities and how to simply explain complex issues
• Flexibility to work some nights and weekends as required
• A minimum of three to five years of experience in a major breaking news operation for Senior Editor candidates
• Assign and edit stories to a team of other staffers
• Ability to think strategically about the daily news cycle and manage ongoing coverage of trending stories
• Program homepage ensuring a balance of the most important interesting and attention-grabbing stories of the moment
• Use analytics-driven decision making in selecting content
• Assist with breaking news including social amplification sending out push notifications
• Work with social photo and other departments seamlessly to better enhance our coverage
• Collaborate with leaders across internal editorial departments