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Company:	Missouri Lawyers Media
Position:	LEGAL JOURNALIST
Location:	Missouri
Job Status:	Full-time
Ad Expires:	March 19, 2013
Job ID:	1469674

Description:

LEGAL JOURNALIST. Missouri Lawyers Media seeks a legal journalist to lead our St. Louis-based Verdicts & Settlements reporting. Responsibilities include rounding up and reporting jury awards and out-of-court settlements from around the state, managing a network of freelancers doing the same, contributing a regular column as well as trend stories to our flagship Missouri Lawyers Weekly newspaper, and managing our digital V&S services. In addition, the post provides opportunities for editing and project management, including being the primary reporter for one of our most widely read issues of the year, our annual V&S rankings. We’ll show strong preference to candidates who are law graduates with journalism experience or journalists with experience covering the courts. In all cases we’re looking for demonstrated skill in reporting and verifying facts, explaining legal concepts in plain and economical English, writing engagingly for a sophisticated audience, project management, and organization. Missouri Lawyers Media includes molawyersmedia.com and six daily and weekly business newspapers for lawyers, among them Missouri Lawyers Weekly, winner of state and national awards for investigative reporting, business coverage, general excellence and, twice in the past five years, winner of the Missouri Press Association Gold Cup as the best weekly newspaper in the state. We’re committed to the highest standards of journalism ethics and excellence, and to helping you do your best work.  We’re part of The Dolan Company (NYSE: DM), provider of law and business news and information in 17 national markets. We offer competitive pay, great benefits and a positive work environment. E-mail resume, clips and salary expectations to careers@molawyersmedia.com. MAKE SURE TO INCLUDE “JOB 13230” IN THE SUBJECT LINE. No phone calls please.