Responsibilities

The Senior Crime & Courts Reporter will be responsible for sourcing, pitching, researching, and developing content that contributes to the production of original stories each day, enhancing the Newsweek brand and distinguishing the publication from competitors. They will reach Newsweek's broad U.S. readership through a skillful approach to writing engaging stories, tapping into the zeitgeist of the American public to produce content that reflects their concerns and interests around crime, judiciary, politics, and policy. They will leverage current affairs and news topics to connect with readers, linking crime and prominent court cases to broader national socioeconomic and political issues, and producing content that leads the daily news agenda. They will assist and support editors with tasks, planning, projects, and experiments related to the daily activities of the team, leading by example by contributing to breaking news, live blogs, interviews, originals and exclusives through securing comments from sources and experts, researching topics, and producing content and media that adds value to the Newsweek file.