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International Business Times seeks reporters

The International Business Times is seeking dynamic breaking-news reporters who can keep us ahead in this fast-moving digital era to join our growing news team.

This is a contract position that reports directly to the Continuous News Desk (CND) editor, with the opportunity for growth into a staff position. The job is based in New York, N.Y.

Key Responsibilities

Our reporters will be responsible for the development, production, and publication of aggregated stories for a global audience for all topics on the IBTimes website. The reporter should be competent in breaking news in real time ahead of the competition as well as possess a proven ability to bring web traffic through a strong understanding of trendy topics and buzzy keywords. Successful candidates will show a propensity to for writing several aggregated articles on a broad array of subjects throughout the day with a minute-by-minute deadline.

We are looking for writers to cover the following beats:

· General and Trending News (Weekday shift)

· General and Trending News (Night/Weekend shift)

· Trending News (Weekend/Weekday shift)

We require reporters who bring passion and zeal to not only succeed, but to define journalism into the digital era.

Desired Skills & Experience

The ideal candidate will have had some exposure to editorial production, and have some understanding of web publishing. Interest and experience in digital news is a plus.

· A bachelor’s degree in English, communications, media, marketing, or other related field

· At least 1 years of reporting experience required

· Proven ability to break important news

· Understanding of trending topics across all news verticals

· Ability to write multiple stories throughout the day under tight deadlines

· High standards of editorial integrity

· Highly organized, accurate, and detail-oriented with speed and accuracy

· Openness to a dynamic schedule

· Exposure to Photoshop and image editing

· Knowledge of basic HTML

· Some understanding of web publishing and SEO is a plus

Please contact m.baram@ibtimes.com with your resume, cover letter and list of references.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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