Most recent job postings at Newsday
via LinkedIn posted_at: 12 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
The Internet News Manager specializes in programming content for the Newsday.com homepage and other digital platforms. The role requires strong news judgment, advanced headline-writing skills, and the ability to take appropriate action on metrics data. Homepage producers will be key partners in collaborative projects between Editorial/Product/Web Development teams. Essential Duties & Functions... • Oversee the homepage of Newsday.com, section fronts The Internet News Manager specializes in programming content for the Newsday.com homepage and other digital platforms. The role requires strong news judgment, advanced headline-writing skills, and the ability to take appropriate action on metrics data. Homepage producers will be key partners in collaborative projects between Editorial/Product/Web Development teams.

Essential Duties & Functions...
• Oversee the homepage of Newsday.com, section fronts and our mobile platform.
• Place local news and enterprise stories on the page, utilizing news judgment, metrics, and feedback from supervisors to create a compelling, comprehensive report that reflects Newsday’s journalism standards. Work with news, photo, and video editors to help get their content online and troubleshoot problems with traditional posts and alternative storytelling.
• Constantly monitor the page to improve headlines and teasers for readability/accuracy/sense, improve photo crops with homepage view in mind and ensure that content is up to date. Look for technical/UX glitches and typographical errors. Check leads and display type to ensure there are no misspellings or inaccurate descriptions and that Newsday digital style is followed. Run and troubleshoot live videos and other items with motion attached, links, etc. that go up on the homepage.
• Monitor parse to see which stories are performing well and adjust story play and headlines, accordingly, using good editorial judgment and awareness of Newsday’s brand. Alert assigning editors to particularly well-performing content so they can consider ways to update or supplement that coverage. Stay up to date on metrics reports to help inform decision-making. As needed, analyze data to identify trends and share actionable insights with newsroom editors and reporters to help grow and diversify Newsday’s audience.
• Monitor parse.ly dashboard for ups/downs on top twenty-five stories of the day. Systematically click into each during a work shift to assess the breakdown of where traffic is coming from.
• Look for related media and attach. Work with content editors to ensure proper placement/addition of internal links to story text, where relevant, such as previous coverage.
• As time allows, check investigative projects and other evergreen content, especially those that are popular or timely, to ensure they are working properly and flag problems as they are discovered.
• Keep track of competitors’ content and alert Hub editors to relevant content.
• Stay on top of key wire stories and quickly post and alert breaking news, in collaboration with Hub editors.
• Check stories and fix homepages, categories, community tags. Follow up with editors to improve these items on the front end.
• Help promote Newsday’s content.
• Write push and email alerts for high-interest stories over several segments, including local community alerts. Work with supervisors and desk editors to execute.
• Compile the Morning or Afternoon Update newsletter to promote a wide range of Newsday content.
• Assist with social media posts. Alert social team of breaking news.

Essential Job Knowledge & Skills
• Demonstrated understanding of journalism ethics, standards, and AP style.
• Expertise with standard metrics and SEO programs such as Parse.ly, Metrics for News and Adobe. Advanced Excel/spreadsheet management skills is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to shape journalistically sound insights from raw metrics data.
• Collaborative mindset focused on building a rapport with others on a cross-functional team.
• Willingness to multi-task on quick-turnaround assignments and long-term projects, pivoting as the team’s priorities shift.
• Ability to work a flexible and varied schedule to include weekends, nights, and holidays.

Compensation
• The annual salary range for this position is $69,000 - $69,000.

Newsday Media Group is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants and incumbents are selected, placed, trained, compensated and promoted without regard to actual or perceived sex, race, color, age, national origin, citizenship, marital or domestic partner status, military/veteran status, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity or expression, religion or religious creed, ancestry, physical or mental disability or handicap, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other characteristic protected by law. In addition, Newsday Media Group provides a reasonable accommodation for applicants/incumbents with disabilities. Please advise Human Resources if you require a reasonable accommodation
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Essential Duties & Functions Communicate/coordinate with other HUB members on stories and jump in to help wherever needed.Handle all kinds of news quickly with great attention paid to accuracy, fairness, and detail.Collaborate with colleagues across print, digital and video platforms.Review stories before publication.Encourage reporters to cultivate diverse sources and drive coverage that makes... Newsday essential reading for Long Islanders.Assess Essential Duties & Functions Communicate/coordinate with other HUB members on stories and jump in to help wherever needed.Handle all kinds of news quickly with great attention paid to accuracy, fairness, and detail.Collaborate with colleagues across print, digital and video platforms.Review stories before publication.Encourage reporters to cultivate diverse sources and drive coverage that makes... Newsday essential reading for Long Islanders.Assess reader/subscriber trends and act on the resulting metrics to lead coverage that serves our loyal subscribers and helps Newsday build subscribers and new, diverse audiences.Essential Job Knowledge & Skills Bachelor’s degree in journalism is required.Must have strong news judgment and editing skills with a deep understanding of our products and the role of metrics.Must be collaborative and communicative with colleagues across all platforms.The Company requires that the successful candidate hired for this position be fully-vaccinated for COVID-19, absent being granted an accommodation due to medical, pregnancy, or sincerely heldreligious belief or other legally required exemption. If you are selected for this position, you will be asked if you are able to meet the requirement Show more details...
via Media Bistro schedule_type: Full-time
Essential Duties & Functions Present daily news programming and features assignments effectively and professionally in state- of-the-art production facility with multiple hard and virtual sets. Ensure all coverage is fair, balanced, and engaging to usersResearch and develop original content in conjunction with studio team and Newsday staff.Brainstorm fresh and interesting story ideas. Be on... constant lookout for unique, relevant and urgent topics Essential Duties & Functions Present daily news programming and features assignments effectively and professionally in state- of-the-art production facility with multiple hard and virtual sets. Ensure all coverage is fair, balanced, and engaging to usersResearch and develop original content in conjunction with studio team and Newsday staff.Brainstorm fresh and interesting story ideas. Be on... constant lookout for unique, relevant and urgent topics as well as compelling follow ups.Conduct engaging, sharp, well researched interviews which may be broadcast live, or pre-recorded and edited.Self-produce newscasts when requiredAssist in the production/editing of packages and other content to air on multiple platforms.Write print and multi-media versions of all content when required Occasional field producing.Report and write packages from the field when requiredEssential Job Knowledge & Skills A bachelor’s degree required. A Degree in Journalism, Communications, or equivalent work experience is preferred, but not required. Minimum of 2 years of experience in a commercial newsroom or equivalentStrong reporting, writing and research skillsStrong on camera presence and ability to articulate and convey information in a clear, concise and conversational mannerAdept at “ad libbing” effectively in live environmentExcellent news judgment and knowledge of key issuesAbility to interact professionally and build relationship with sources.Editing and computer skills necessary to complete packages and integrate into the newscast.Ability to shoot news footage a plusKnowledge of Adobe Premiere a plusAdvanced research, data research and investigative skills preferredAble to work a flexible and varied schedule, to include weekends, holidays, nights and extended hours.Ability to work in a fast paced, deadline driven team environment.Physical Requirements Position requires broadcasting and articulating breaking news and assignments on air in a high demand environment.Requires the ability to read through files, scripts, presentations, theories, monitors and procedures.The Company requires that the successful candidate hired for this position be fully-vaccinated for COVID-19, absent being granted an accommodation due to medical, pregnancy, or sincerely held religious belief or other legally required exemption. If you are selected for this position, you will be asked if you are able to meet the requirement.Newsday Media Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains a drug-free and smoke-free workplace. In addition, Newsday Media Group provides a reasonable accommodation for applicants/incumbents with disabilities Show more details...
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Newsday is seeking a business reporter to cover Long Island business, with an emphasis on how business and financial news and trends affect Long Islanders. Successful candidates should be creative and have strong writing and reporting skills, with the ability to enliven topics with stories of individuals, from small business owners to executives and first-job seekers to retirees. Candidates should have digital and alternative storytelling skills and Newsday is seeking a business reporter to cover Long Island business, with an emphasis on how business and financial news and trends affect Long Islanders. Successful candidates should be creative and have strong writing and reporting skills, with the ability to enliven topics with stories of individuals, from small business owners to executives and first-job seekers to retirees. Candidates should have digital and alternative storytelling skills and the ability to mine data for patterns and trends, as well as embracing social media as a reporting and communication tool. They must be able to juggle multiple assignments and thrive in a collaborative environment. Show more details...
via Media Bistro schedule_type: Full-timework_from_home: 1
The assistant Long Island editor will work to produce strong breaking news and enterprise coverage across Newsday’s digital and print platforms. The successful candidate will have strong people skills to work with general assignment, towns and beat reporters while coordinating with departments across the newsroom, including the digital, social media, photo/video, design and copy desk teams.This... editor will be adept at spotting news, arranging The assistant Long Island editor will work to produce strong breaking news and enterprise coverage across Newsday’s digital and print platforms. The successful candidate will have strong people skills to work with general assignment, towns and beat reporters while coordinating with departments across the newsroom, including the digital, social media, photo/video, design and copy desk teams.This... editor will be adept at spotting news, arranging coverage and getting a story posted quickly and accurately, then responsibly updating as needed to give readers what they need to know in the moment. The successful candidate will be adept at shaping story ideas with creative front-end editing, embracing alternative story-telling methods including video and social media. The candidate will have strong judgment and editing skills, able to ask big-picture questions as well as sweat the details. This editor must help build diverse audiences, monitor metrics and use the data to inform coverage that serves our loyal subscribers and attracts new subscribers. This position may include early morning, evening and weekend shifts.The Company requires that the successful candidate hired for this position be fully-vaccinated for COVID-19, absent being granted an accommodation due to medical, pregnancy, or sincerely held religious belief or other legally required exemption. If you are selected for this position, you will be asked if you are able to meet the requirement Show more details...
via Media Bistro schedule_type: Full-time
This editor is responsible for overseeing coverage of the key topics of health and transportation. Transportation coverage, which includes roads, aviation and rails, requires knowledge, initiative, creativity, strong editing and judgment, and the ability to mentor and provide guidance and set goals for a staff of reporters. Preferred, but not required, is a familiarity with the Long Island Rail Road, as well as with highway and rail projects. The This editor is responsible for overseeing coverage of the key topics of health and transportation. Transportation coverage, which includes roads, aviation and rails, requires knowledge, initiative, creativity, strong editing and judgment, and the ability to mentor and provide guidance and set goals for a staff of reporters. Preferred, but not required, is a familiarity with the Long Island Rail Road, as well as with highway and rail projects. The editor must have the ability to collaborate with colleagues across print, digital and video platforms. Our health coverage will cover topics including health and wellness, understanding the latest medical research and health and fitness. The editor will help experiment with new and engaging approaches to this content.This editor will encourage reporters to cultivate sources and drive coverage that makes Newsday essential reading for Long Islanders, particularly with an eye to storytelling from the commuters’ perspective.This team should focus... on breaking news, watchdog reporting and enterprise, but also will experiment with products and approaches that reaches commuters and the health conscious when/where/with what information we can best provide to help them meet their needs. This editor must be capable of assessing reader/subscriber trends and acting on the resulting metrics to lead coverage that serves our loyal subscribers and helps Newsday build subscribers and new, diverse audiences and, at the same time, encourage reporters to cultivate diverse sources. The editor also ensures that reporters continue to grow Newsday’s strong social media presence on health ands transportation topics and are contributing video/photo content as part of their reporting. This coverage will be an important topic to build Newsday Live events around and experimentation on ways to connect with subscribers, from real-time commuter alerts to ways to live a healthier life.The Company requires that the successful candidate hired for this position be fully-vaccinated for COVID-19, absent being granted an accommodation due to medical, pregnancy, or sincerely held religious belief or other legally required exemption. If you are selected for this position, you will be asked if you are able to meet the requirement.Newsday Media Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains a drug-free and smoke-free workplace Show more details...
via LinkedIn posted_at: 4 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
Newsday, an award-winning news organization serving Long Island through its portfolio of print and digital products, has an opening for a versatile Presentation Artist. Essential Duties And Functions... • Responsible for design and layout of newspaper pages across all departments (news, features, business and sports). • Works in collaboration with the photo department, the copy desk and the news desk to create attractive and clear pages on a Newsday, an award-winning news organization serving Long Island through its portfolio of print and digital products, has an opening for a versatile Presentation Artist.

Essential Duties And Functions...
• Responsible for design and layout of newspaper pages across all departments (news, features, business and sports).
• Works in collaboration with the photo department, the copy desk and the news desk to create attractive and clear pages on a daily and advance basis.
• Also works on special print sections and subscriber exclusives, and will be required to collaborate on digital presentation as well.
• Handle all kinds of news quickly with great attention paid to accuracy, fairness, and detail.
• Must be able to ask big-picture questions as well as sweat the details.

Essential Job Knowledge & Skills
• Photoshop and Illustrator experience required, experience with the Hermes layout system, designing tabloid-sized pages and writing headlines are a plus.
• Must be able to select and crop the strongest photographs for the desired design.
• Must have strong news judgment and editing skills, with a deep understanding of our products.
• Must be collaborative and communicative with colleagues across all platforms.
• Ability to work on multiple assignments simultaneously and meet aggressive deadlines.
• Ability and willingness to work a flexible and varied schedule to include weekends, holidays and extended hours as needed to support the business.
• The job requires three days in person at the Melville Newsday office.

Compensation
• This position is represented by the Graphics Communication Conference, IBT.
• The hourly base rate for this role is $51.30 - $51.30

Newsday Media Group is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants and incumbents are selected, placed, trained, compensated and promoted without regard to actual or perceived sex, race, color, age, national origin, citizenship, marital or domestic partner status, military/veteran status, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity or expression, religion or religious creed, ancestry, physical or mental disability or handicap, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other characteristic protected by law. In addition, Newsday Media Group provides a reasonable accommodation for applicants/incumbents with disabilities. Please advise Human Resources if you require a reasonable accommodation
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Essential Duties & Functions Undertake data analyses and help interpret results in support of enterprise, daily and investigative stories by you and in collaboration with Newsday reporters and editors.Assist colleagues in brainstorming, acquisition, cleaning, vetting and analysis to increase the inclusion of data in our daily and short-term reporting. This includes working with journalists around... the newsroom and digital/print presentation colleagues.Working Essential Duties & Functions Undertake data analyses and help interpret results in support of enterprise, daily and investigative stories by you and in collaboration with Newsday reporters and editors.Assist colleagues in brainstorming, acquisition, cleaning, vetting and analysis to increase the inclusion of data in our daily and short-term reporting. This includes working with journalists around... the newsroom and digital/print presentation colleagues.Working for the investigation editor and together with others with data reporting and analysis skills, be able to juggle project requirements while also being comfortable assisting with short-term story flow. The ability to help and teach colleagues is key to helping increase the data reporting skills of our newsroom.Candidate should be a spreadsheet master and comfortable analyzing datasets containing numerous tables with millions of rows. The candidate also should have experience with GIS analysis and using at least one programming language for data collection and cleaning.Work with digital alternative storytelling team and print designers to employ data visualization across all platforms.Physical Requirements The Company requires that the successful candidate hired for this position be fully-vaccinated for COVID-19, absent being granted an accommodation due to medical, pregnancy, or sincerely held religious belief or other legally required exemption. If you are selected for this position, you will be asked if you are able to meet the requirement.Newsday Media Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains a drug-free and smoke-free workplace. In addition, Newsday Media Group provides a reasonable accommodation for applicants/incumbents with disabilities Show more details...
via Salary.com schedule_type: Full-time
Scout Nassau and Suffolk counties for restaurant news and trends, interviewing owners and patrons for short stories and social media content. Coverage entails a range of dining settings, from fast-casual chains to roadside delis and taquerias. Collaborate with the Restaurants team to update standing seasonal dining guides, from summer’s best lobster rolls to winter’s restaurants with fireplaces... This position includes maintaining listings for Scout Nassau and Suffolk counties for restaurant news and trends, interviewing owners and patrons for short stories and social media content. Coverage entails a range of dining settings, from fast-casual chains to roadside delis and taquerias.

Collaborate with the Restaurants team to update standing seasonal dining guides, from summer’s best lobster rolls to winter’s restaurants with fireplaces... This position includes maintaining listings for destination-specific dining, from Garden City to Greenport.

Qualifications:
• Reporting and writing experience focused on restaurants and food trends is a plus.
• Comfortable making appearances on video and social platform
• Proficiency in shooting iPhone photos and video for editorial use.
• Must not have any food restrictions.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule—some night and weekend assignments are required.
• A valid driver’s license and car, with the ability to drive to assigned locations throughout Long Island.
• The Company requires that the successful candidate hired for this position be fully-vaccinated for COVID-19.
• Spanish-speaking skills are a plus.

Newsday Media Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer and maintains a drug-free and smoke-free workplace. In addition, Newsday Media Group provides a reasonable accommodation for applicants/incumbents with disabilities.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $35.00 - $50.00 per hour

Benefits:
• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:
• 8 hour shift

Ability to commute/relocate:
• Melville, NY 11747: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: One location
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Summary of Position The Nassau County Courts will cover stories and breaking news by cultivating diverse sources and help build diverse audiences, working closely with editors to monitor metrics and apply the data to help inform coverage as we serve our loyal subscribers, seek new subscribers and strive to better understand key audiences and topics. The beat encompasses Nassau-based courts, both... state and federal, and the Nassau County District Summary of Position
The Nassau County Courts will cover stories and breaking news by cultivating diverse sources and help build diverse audiences, working closely with editors to monitor metrics and apply the data to help inform coverage as we serve our loyal subscribers, seek new subscribers and strive to better understand key audiences and topics. The beat encompasses Nassau-based courts, both... state and federal, and the Nassau County District Attorney's Office. Beat coverage includes court cases of major community interest and impact, the DA's work and public safety issues that arise in state and federal courts. This reporter also is responsible for daily and weekend enterprise.

Essential Duties & Functions
• Find enterprise stories and report on Nassau County courts in relation to the assignment/beat.
• Use social media to find sources and stories to supplement our reporting and to communicate about the topic areas they cover.
• Alternative storytelling and visual storytelling — collaborating with our teams, including on NewsdayTV coverage — are key growth areas, and reporters need to continue to develop skills in these areas.

Essential Job Knowledge & Skills
• Experience covering breaking news on deadline is a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to break news, file quickly and accurately for all our platforms, meet tight deadlines, juggle more than one story at a time, cultivate sources, understand the importance of data-driven reporting and produce high-profile enterprise stories.
• A self-starter who can bring a creative approach to covering the news.
• Comfortable and proficient using social media, smartphone photo and video and other media platforms to report and tell stories.
• Ability to write in an engaging manner is essential.
• Attention to detail is required.
• Eagerness to work evenings and to be a key part of the news operation during those hours.
• Ability and willingness to collaborate and build a rapport with others.
• Ability to find fresh story angles and write concise, lively copy in keeping with Newsday's tone and format.
• Proficiency shooting iPhone photos and videos is a necessary skill.
• Strong organization and time management skills.
• Ability to prioritize and handle multiple assignments simultaneously while meeting aggressive deadlines.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.
• Ability to work a flexible and varied schedule to include weekends, holidays and extended hours as needed to support business needs.

Compensation
• The hourly base rate range for this role is $34.10 - $51.30, commensurate with experience

Physical Requirements
• Ability to travel throughout Long Island as related to the assignment being covered.
• Driver’s license in good standing and reliable means of transportation are required.

Newsday Media Group is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants and incumbents are selected, placed, trained, compensated and promoted without regard to actual or perceived sex, race, color, age, national origin, citizenship, marital or domestic partner status, military/veteran status, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity or expression, religion or religious creed, ancestry, physical or mental disability or handicap, status as a victim of domestic violence, or any other characteristic protected by law. In addition, Newsday Media Group provides a reasonable accommodation for applicants/incumbents with disabilities. Please advise Human Resources if you require a reasonable accommodation.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $34.10 - $51.30 per hour
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