CoStar is searching for an skilled and flexible Information Editor with sturdy reporting/writing abilities to enroll in our increasing information crew protecting the fast paced industrial actual property {industry}. Our award-winning, industry-focused information informs subscribers and enhances CoStar’s position because the main supply of business actual property data and knowledge. Fortune Mag not too long ago named CoStar Workforce one of the crucial most sensible 100 fastest-growing firms on the planet.
This hybrid modifying/rewriting position calls for a extremely professional editor able to modifying information produced through quite a lot of participants, together with CoStar’s Analysis Experts and Marketplace Analysts in addition to Newshounds. As Information Editor, you’re going to follow journalism rules to restructure and/or rewrite submissions in same old information structure that includes enticing headlines, informative introductory paragraphs and an entire, well-rounded account of the inside track matter for readers, making sure it’s factually correct, conforms to CoStar’s information requirements and is able for e-newsletter.
As a part of the inside track modifying crew, you’re going to additionally lend a hand put into effect replica and elegance tips throughout all editorial purposes and overview CoStar’s information protection for grammar, spelling, utilization and elegance. The best candidate can also be conversant in the variety of business actual property belongings classes, main industry roles and {industry} avid gamers to form information meant for the CoStar target market.
Earlier enjoy on a Breaking Information table or as a rewrite editor in a newsroom for a day-to-day or weekly e-newsletter is most well-liked.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Play a key position within the news-editing procedure through restructuring and/or rewriting information submissions to function enticing headlines, informative introductory paragraphs and an entire, well-rounded account of the inside track matter for readers.
- Paintings intently with market-based analysis groups all the way through the corporate, making sure that information content material is frequently posted and to be had for each and every of his or her assigned markets.
- Every now and then, Information Editors can also be anticipated to hide and record on information for his or her markets themselves, exercising information judgment to prioritize most sensible tales, whilst confirming that the essential updates are made to CoStar’s database to mirror the most recent information.
- Right kind grammatical, punctuation and spelling mistakes. Double-check that names, puts and organizations are spelled correctly and that details, dates and statistics are correct.
- Ascertain that information tales observe a method and structure that meets CoStar Information’ editorial coverage and tips and that the reporter cited suitable resources or analysis in information stories.
- Proofread captions for pictures and charts in stories and examine the supply of pictures and different media integrated in stories to make sure they conform to acceptable use underneath any copyright.
- Collaborate with the CoStar’s information crew to expand tale concepts, diversify protection and make sure well timed supply and protection throughout markets.
- Paintings with other information participants all the way through the corporate to provide feedback and proposals to strengthen tales and give a boost to information reporting talents.
SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS
- 5 or extra years of confirmed news-editing or writing enjoy, ideally for a day-to-day or weekly industry e-newsletter. Sturdy choice given to candidates with enjoy on a Breaking Information table or as a rewrite editor.
- Ideally suited applicants will likely be skilled reviewing, restructuring, rewriting and copy-editing all kinds of stories kinds and codecs, together with easy exhausting information in addition to successfully restructuring analytic items and marketplace stories into an interesting information structure.
- Have a demonstrated skill to craft enticing and informative information tales that spotlight essentially the most attention-grabbing sides of the tale and not “bury the lead.”
- Possess sturdy consideration to element with an obsession for getting rid of spelling, grammar and punctuation mistakes, making improvements to clarity and making sure that each one content material is factually right kind.
- A fundamental wisdom of U.S. industrial actual property and industry is most well-liked.
- Effects orientated with confirmed skill to prioritize, force and succeed in effects via self and others whilst running underneath cut-off date.
- Superb headline- and cutline-writing abilities, with a command of AP taste and requirements and a common wisdom of search engine marketing highest practices.
- Skill to paintings inside a fast paced, collaborative surroundings and set up each up and down the control chain and possess sturdy organizational and conversation abilities.
- Elementary wisdom of HTML and social media.
- Faculty stage in journalism, communications, English or a similar self-discipline most well-liked.
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