Reporter, US News and Crime

About the role

Fox News Digital is seeking an experienced Reporter to join the US News/Crime team. You are a seasoned reporter with extensive national newsroom experience.

Responsibilities

• Emphasis on original, enterprise and investigative reporting
• Must be able to respond to breaking US news and turn stories accurately under pressure
• Able to consistently produce stories with original video, interviews, photos and graphic elements
• Ideal candidate will have robust rolodex of criminal, legal and police contacts
• Pitch stories daily as well as execute short- and long-term assignments

Requirements

• Professional newsroom experience
• Experience covering US news at a national media outlet, digital experience preferred
• Experience covering crime, courts, legal, and investigations
• Knowledge of AP style writing
• Command of PACER, Lexis-Nexis, FOIA requests
• Experience with digital analytics to monitor, build traffic
• Experience with headlines CMS, WordPress knowledge
• Possess a competitive spirit
• Possess an “on-call” mentality and be prepared to work outside of shift in emergency or breaking news conditions
• Eager to network out of the office
• Voracious consumer of news
• Possess ability to leverage AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, NotebookLM)) to accelerate research, fact-gathering, and story framing in a fast-moving news cycle.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of SEO

Skills

• Ability to travel domestically and internationally

Benefits

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law. Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay rate/range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location is $74,000.00-97,500.00 annually. This role is also eligible for various benefits, including medical/dental/vision, insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off, and other benefits in accordance with applicable plan documents. Benefits for Union represented employees will be in accordance with the applicable collective bargaining agreement.