News Desk Reporter (Weekend)

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Your New CNN Role...

CNN is hiring a digital-first News Desk Reporter to join its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong with a strong focus on US domestic news and politics.

The successful candidate will thrive in a pressurized deadline-driven environment covering the big important stories of the day with accuracy and speed.

You will share our insatiable appetite for breaking news and chasing fast-moving stories across time-zones while helping to drive domestic coverage throughout the US overnight hours.

Youll have proven reporting skills and the ability to quickly distill and frame complex ideas bringing a deep understanding of US domestic affairs as well as an eye for creative storytelling opportunities.

The successful candidate must have exceptional editorial judgment and demonstrated versatility within a leading digital-first news outlet.

Though the role is located in Asia-Pacific you will be working as part of a global 24/7 digital-first cross-platform team providing a key editorial link between CNNs US and Europe operations including on weekends.

Your Role Accountabilities

• Working within a team of world-class digital-first writers and editors to deliver breaking news

• Writing breaking news with clarity context and urgency in a blended multi-platform newsroom

• Comfortable switching between US and international news priorities depending on needs

• The ability to think in headlines and smart framings while considering the intended audience

• Moving between different story formats including taking the lead in delivering minute-by-minute updates on CNNs live stories

• Heightened ability to identify storytelling opportunities and cultivate strong sources and areas of expertise

• Ensuring all journalism produced adheres to CNN standards and integrity

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum 5 years writing and reporting breaking news at a leading digital-first media outlet

• Comfortable working under pressure and to tight deadlines

• Willingness to work weekends

• Deep knowledge and experience covering US politics. A curiosity to keep learning to think critically and a strong desire to make CNNs coverage reflective of the world we cover

• Perfect grasp of written and spoken English

• Self-starter with a history of delivering outstanding journalism

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