Job Description :

The New York Post provides readers with the best in News, Sports, Pop Culture, and Entertainment – with signature wit, irreverence, and authority averaging 90 million unique monthly viewers. Over the past 223 years, The Post has evolved into a multi-platform media company spanning print, digital, video, audio, app, television, and commerce.

Page Six is seeking a seasoned Senior Reporter (Monday - Friday) with a proven track record of breaking exclusive stories to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will be an expert in celebrity news with an extensive network of industry contacts and a deep understanding of the entertainment landscape. This role demands creativity, initiative and the ability to deliver high-profile, exclusive content on a daily basis.

Responsibilities:

• Regularly obtain exclusives and write daily breaking entertainment news stories

• Follow and report on high-profile court cases, ensuring accurate and timely updates

• Cultivate and maintain relationships with sources and reps

• Develop and pitch innovative story ideas that capture the interest of our audience and set us apart from competitors

• Conduct interviews with celebrities and film on-camera videos on trending news topics

• Represent Page Six at various meetings and industry events

• Think strategically about the daily entertainment news cycle and contribute to ongoing coverage of trending stories

• Be an independent worker and self-starter and have the ability to think quick on their feet

• Utilize traffic analytics to help guide coverage and determine successes

• Craft enticing SEO-optimized headlines

• Ability to work with video, photo, and other departments seamlessly to better enhance daily news coverage

Requirements:

• A minimum of 7 years of experience working as a reporter in a major breaking news organization

• Proven ability to consistently break news and garner noteworthy exclusives

• Extensive knowledge of celebrities and entertainment with a robust network of contacts and sources

• Proven expertise in obtaining and interpreting court documents and following legal proceedings

• Exceptional writing and reporting skills with a strong ability to create engaging and accurate content under tight deadlines

• On-camera experience and proficiency in conducting interviews

• Strong news judgment and expertise with traffic analytics tools (Google Analytics, Parse.ly, etc.)

• Comfortable multitasking and working in a fast-paced online news environment

• Ability to work a full-time, Monday-Friday schedule with flexibility in covering live pop culture events (i.e. Oscars, Golden Globes, Super Bowl, etc.) and working outside traditional business hours when needed

Note: The New York Post adheres to a hybrid work model. This position will be expected to come on-site 3 days per week.

Applicants: Please include clips of exclusive stories you’ve broken with your application.

At The New York Post we recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, our ranges reflect our good faith estimate to pay fairly as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect, and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidate’s experience, industry knowledge, technical and communication skills, and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

In addition to compensation, the company provides eligible employees a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, transportation, and other benefits, including “elective” benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.

As an equal opportunity employer, the New York Post does not discriminate in hiring or the terms and conditions of employment because of an individual’s race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, gender, sexual orientation, citizenship or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. The New York Post will consider the provision of reasonable accommodations to known physical or mental disabilities of otherwise qualified applicants to enable them to participate in our application process and to effectively perform the essential functions of the job, unless doing so would impose an undue financial or operational hardship. ​

Pay Range: $80,000 - $110,000

At the New York Post, we’re passionate about providing readers with the best in National News, Sports, Entertainment, and Lifestyle like only the Post can – with wit, irreverence and authority.

OUR BRANDS: Include The New York Post (https://nypost.com/) : expert news, extensive, award-winning sports coverage, and insider commentary, Page Six (https://pagesix.com/) : an influential leader in celebrity and entertainment news, Decider.com : helping the on-demand generation discover the best streaming content, and Alexa (https://nypost.com/alexa/) : our luxury lifestyle print edition focused on the best in luxury fashion, real estate and travel.

OUR REACH: People love us. We are one of the largest growing digital networks, averaging over 90 million unique visitors a month! Our social footprint continues to expand across Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/NYPost/) , Twitter (https://twitter.com/nypost) , Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/nypost/?hl=en) , TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@nypost?lang=en) , and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/@nypost/videos) , where our videos average 313 million monthly views.

OUR PEOPLE: The Post team is a group of diverse, creative, passionate minds – ever evolving and innovating. We believe news doesn’t have to be boring to be news… so we make sure it isn’t!

OUR GROWTH: An ever evolving multi-platform media company, we span print, digital, video, social, podcast, app, commerce/affiliate, original TV programming, and Post Sports+ (https://nypost.com/account/subscribe) , our newly launched Sports membership experience!

We’re growing. Come join us!