Journalism jobs: Online news producer
Here’s a current job ad worth thinking about (notice it does not specify any prior experience):
News Producer, Overnight — Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive
Industry: Online/New Media / Job Duration: Full Time / Job Location: Arlington, Va.
Job Requirements: Washngtonpost.com, the Web site of The Washington Post, is seeking a news producer to work on the overnight shift.
Duties include:
Update and maintain washingtonpost.com news Web site with stories, photos, graphics from The Washington Post and wire services while checking site for accuracy, relevance; complete scheduled task as assigned.
Initial schedule is 11 p.m. - 7 a.m., Sun. - Thurs., changing to Tues. - Sat.
Skills sought:
- Strong verbal, written communication skills, analytical skills; attention to detail.
- Solid news judgment with keen knowledge of current affairs including world, nation, sports and feature news.
- Knowledge of online practices including writing and research for the Web.
- Web design, HTML and graphic software knowledge helpful.
- Comfortable learning new computer software and Web publishing tools.
- Ability to work independently, under pressure, and on deadline.
- Positive attitude, strong work ethic, strong problem solving skills.
- Flexibility to work overnight hours and weekends as necessary.
Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
Source: Media Bistro job listing (found by Koci)
Too bad they’re still stuck thinking that someone has to come into an office to do that. A much more desirable position if it could be done remotely.
February 24, 2008 at 11:15 pmSinker,
Why can’t this largely be automated too? I find it hard to believe that much news is being produced between 11 p.m. - 6 a.m. at the Post. A good CMS will allow you to specify when to change content in the future.
Thus you could program it to change the lead story at 6 a.m. and most of the homepage content as well.
And I hope to God that the Post isn’t still copying stories from their print system into their Web system. How 1990s. A good work flow pushes content to the Web before it is laid out in a newspaper system.
Plus, most stories are finished well before 11 p.m. They should already be on the Web by then.
The rest of the work could probably be done remotely as you said. I’d never work that shift. It sounds like monkey work.
February 25, 2008 at 12:27 pm“A much more desirable position if it could be done remotely.”
I guess you’ve never been to the WPNI office!
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