# Reporter, News

**Company**: Axios
**Location**: Remote (West Coast preferred)
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $70,000 - $110,000
**Category**: Communications
**Industry**: Media

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## Description

Axios is seeking a writer-editor to lead the afternoons and evenings on our newsdesk. As a reporter, you will play a critical role in our 24/7 newsroom, reporting to our Executive Editor.

Responsibilities include:

- Real-time news surveillance

- Quick-turn writing of spot news stories

- Editing a wide variety of national news

- Monitoring developments on key stories and flagging them to experts

Ideal candidates will have:

- A get-stuff-done attitude

- Strong interpersonal skills

- Writing and editing experience in a fast-paced news environment

- Demonstrated experience monitoring and activating on news

- A belief in Smart Brevity as the core writing style of Axios

- Experience working across teams to produce quality content

- Demonstrated knowledge of the digital and social media landscape

- Excellent verbal and written communication skills

This role requires working afternoons/evenings (2pm-10pm ET Sunday-Thursday).

Starting salary for this role is in the range of $70,000 - $110,000.

Benefits include:

- 401(k) with employer match

- Robust PPO and High Deductible health insurance options

- Employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution

- Dental and vision coverage

- Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave

- Generous vacation policy, plus holidays

- One mental health day per quarter

- Annual learning and development stipend

- $100 monthly work-from-home stipend

- Tele-mental health services through Headspace

- OneMedical membership, including telehealth services

- Personal health advocacy resources

- Inclusive fertility, hormonal health, and family-forming benefits

- Access to the Axios “Family Fund”

- Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers

- Virtual company-sponsored social events

## Skills

### Required
- writing
- editing
- news surveillance
- Smart Brevity
- interpersonal skills
- communication skills

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