Jobs Companies FOX Reporter, US News and Crime

About this Reporter, US News and Crime role at FOX

FOX · Onsite · Washington, District of Columbia, USA

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY

Fox News Media

FOX News Media operates the FOX News Channel (FNC), FOX Business Network (FBN), FOX News Digital, FOX News Audio, FOX News Books, the direct-to-consumer digital streaming services FOX Nation and FOX News International and the newly announced platform FOX Weather. Currently the number one network in all of cable, FNC has also been the most watched television news channel for 20 consecutive years, while FBN currently ranks among the top business channels on cable. Owned by FOX Corporation, FOX News Media reaches 200 million people each month.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Fox News Digital is seeking an experienced Reporter to join US News/Crime team.  You are a seasoned reporter with extensive national newsroom experience. You have a wide range of sources that will enable you to break news and dig in on original and exclusive reporting.

**This is NOT an on-air role."

You will be offered one of the following shifts:

Monday-Friday, 11:00 AM, ET - 7:00 PM, ET; Monday-Friday, 8AM-4PM  ET; Monday-Friday 2pm-10pm 

A SNAPSHOT OF RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Emphasis on original, enterprise and investigative reporting

  • Must be able to respond to breaking US news and turn stories accurately under pressure

  • Ability 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

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

  • 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

  • Command of SEO

  • Experience with digital analytics to monitor, build traffic

  • Experience with headlines

  • CMS, WordPress knowledge

  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally

  • 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

  • Ability to leverage AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini, NotebookLM)) to accelerate research, fact-gathering, and story framing in a fast-moving news cycle.

#LI-BC1

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.

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How this Reporter salary compares

This role pays $85,750/yrin line with the typical range for Reporter roles.

$50,264 median $86,029 $150,000

Typical range $71,731–$127,250/yr, from 176 comparable Reporter listings on JobsRadar (pay annualized to USD). See Reporter salary insights →

About FOX

We’re disruptors. We’re big dreamers. We’re believers in the future, in possibility, in potential. We’re reinventing the world, every day. We create content for audiences big and small, global and local. We put our audiences first, and work hard to bring them stories they’ll love, wherever they are and however they watch, listen and learn. Whatever your discipline, from on-air talent to behind-the-scenes tech guru to business and finance, the career opportunities at FOX are exciting, rewarding and game-changing. We seek out the most talented individuals – the dreamers, the disruptors and the visionaries –and we want them to know that they matter. We’re committed to helping every single one o

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