News Editor : TV Job at Screen Rant in Kansas City

Overview

This is a paid freelance and remote position with ScreenRant. The role focuses on sourcing, curating, and editing entertainment news and coordinating with writers to ensure timely coverage.

Responsibilities

• Core responsibility is sourcing news in a timely fashion
• Adding news titles and sources to Asana for writers to claim
• Understanding what makes a good news title or angle
• Judging whether a story is flash news, standard news, or suited for a feature
• Ensuring news quotas are hit and deciding when to overrun or pass to features
• Assigning news articles and communicating with writers on news assignments
• Editing news articles and prioritizing timely edits
• Prepping soft or niche news for weekends
• Providing writer feedback and development
• Writing news articles when needed, especially for fastest turnaround on breaking news
• Attending weekly team meetings

Perks

Experience and Skills

How to Apply

If you are interested in this role, please upload your CV and a cover letter in the relevant fields below. Our hiring team will review your application and contact you if we believe your experience could match this role. Please note that a writing evaluation may be required as part of the application process.

Company and Standards

ScreenRant is part of the Valnet Publishing Group. Valnet, founded in 2012, is a global digital publishing and media investment company that owns and operates over 25 brands across entertainment, sports, technology, automotive, gaming, lifestyle and travel. Valnet is committed to producing premium content, and we therefore require all contributors to adhere to our Editorial Standards, including a prohibition on using Artificial Intelligence.

Job Details

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