Freelance Roving/Relief Editors

Date Posted	January 07, 2021
Industry	Digital Media
Specialty	Local News
Job Status	Freelance
Salary	Not Specified
Website	http://www.patch.com

Description:

Patch is adding to its editorial team and seeking freelance journalists to serve as roving fill-in or relief local reporters/editors in all locations. We're looking for journalists who can remotely plug in to any market, using our in-house source guides and other tools, to provide backup for full-time editors. 

Ideal candidates are dogged reporters, sharp storytellers, and savvy practitioners of digital media. 

Preferred candidates are:

• passionate about community journalism and breaking news
• enthusiastic, competitive and driven to produce quality work
• adaptive to new beats/town assignments
• capable of turning out a clever, smart headline on the fly
• thrive in a goal-oriented environment
• savvy about social media and SEO
• eager to learn

On a daily basis, our staffers:

• spot scoops, break stories and report them out in real time
• write headlines; select photos; report original news; aggregate/curate local news of interest
• work collaboratively with colleagues and independently when necessary
• organize their local home pages and newsletters according to best practices
• run Patch-branded social media channels
• engage with a loyal readership (a quarter of a million new subscribers have joined us in the last 6 months)
• study Google Analytics and other metrics to monitor performance and improve tactics
• use digital tools, such as CrowdTangle and Dataminr, to keep tabs on local happenings and organizations

Visit this page, we-are-patch.com, to learn more about the stories Patch reports.

Patch's recent growth has been covered in the Wall St. Journal, New York Times, Ad Age, Adweek, Digiday, MediaPost, StreetFight Mag and other industry press. Patch local coverage is available through our platform, our app, and through our news distribution partners, including Yahoo News, Amazon Alexa, CBS Local, MSN, Aol, Apple News and Flipboard. Patch journalists participate in ProPublica's Electionland and Documenting Hate initiatives.

If you're interested in freelancing for us, email a cover letter, resume and links to your work to editjobs@patch.com.