US Senior Health Reporter

US Senior Health Reporter

Location: 51 Astor Place New York, NY 10003

Salary: $65,000-80,000 DOE

Dailymail.com is the world’s largest English-language newspaper website with more than 200 million monthly unique visitors. Our teams across the globe strive to provide our readers with engaging, fast and rolling news, 24/7, 365 days a year. With more than 360 journalists worldwide, we are seeking individuals who want to join a global media organization with excellent career development opportunities. We are seeking a Senior Reporter to join the health news team.

Person Specification

The individual should be able to demonstrate an impressive track record of finding and breaking exclusive health stories of national and global interest. Suitable candidates will currently be working as reporters on national or well-established local newspapers or websites with an impressive track record of finding and breaking exclusive health stories of national and global interest.

We are looking for candidates with five years of journalism and writing experience in the following areas:

• Ability to read complex scientific papers, understand them enough to turn it into engaging copy, and pick out important caveats that need to be addressed
• Ability to produce breaking news / day-of stories with speed and accuracy
• A solid contacts book, full of experts from different medical fields who can assist in answering queries and providing reaction
• Knowledge of medical matters and conditions
• Competent ability at sifting through raw data and spreadsheets to produce engaging numbers-led stories
• Ability to work self-sufficiently, generate own health stories and contribute newsworthy stories to the daily health news list
• Ability to write strong first drafts that are informative, intelligible, engaging and accurate
• The role is largely news-led, but an ability to write moving real-life features when required is important

Benefits: Company scheme includes healthcare, dental, optical, life insurance and 401K PTO: Standard allowance is 15 days plus one day per every year of service capped at 20 days. Public holidays are not included in this allowance. They are in addition. Dailymail operates a 24/7 newsroom, and flexibility will be required to work shifts according to the demands of the news cycle. Employees report to the office five days week.