BuzzFeed News is looking for smart, tenacious, and enthusiastic general assignment technology reporter for its San Francisco bureau. We’re looking for a reporter who can respond quickly to the news of the day, surface trends — especially from social, develop a beat, break news, and advance stories.This is a highly ambitious bureau, and the successful candidate will share that drive and passion. Candidates should be eager to dive into emerging cultures and behaviors. They should be able to predict what the next big thing will be, based largely on their own passions. They should have an eye for how silicon valley stories will have an impact all over the globe. You should be able to use data to remain on top of news trends and feel comfortable writing with multiple platforms in mind.
We hope to build a team that is diverse in many ways, and want to cast a wide net. People relatively new to reporting are encouraged to apply, as are experienced reporters who maybe haven’t covered tech previously or primarily. We offer competitive compensation and a stock option program.
Responsibilities:
- Cultivate sources and dig up the stories no one else is telling
- Produce 1-3 stories per day that you believe our readers will want to read and share. These should be a mix of newsy shorts, deeply reported stories, and scoops.
- Pitch early and often — and be willing to regularly spitball other reporters’ ideas.
- Know how general assignment and beat stories connect with larger global storylines.
- Write quick, clean, well-reported copy
- Work on more than one story at a time
- Trendspot
- Embrace new and innovative ways to package and tell stories
Requirements:
- Great clips
- Ability to turn complicated ideas into clear and lively prose
- Genuine enthusiasm for reporting, even when it’s annoying
- A skeptical eye for bullshit
- Love for and excitement about the internet
