EditorialDate of Posting: June 28, 2010
Department: Editorial / Boston.com
Department Head: David Dahl
Shift: Days
Date to be taken down: July 7,2010
Number of jobs to be filled: One
Job Title: Content Producer
Job Classification and Salary:
1-$723.54 2-$795.89 3-$868.25
4-$940.60 5-$1012.95 6-$1094.35
Qualifications:
Minimum three years of online experience; experience with online news, especially local news, a plus. Experience with publishing content online. Familiarity with a variety of web tools, including knowledge of basic HTML and Photoshop. An ability to write and create compelling story packages. Published writing samples, including personal blogs, will be evaluated. Familiarity with and participation in social networking sites and special-interest community sites is essential.
Basic Functions and Responsibilities:
Demonstrates ability to update sections of Boston.com with Boston Globe articles and wire service stories, rewrite breaking news reports from TV and radio and take live breaking news reports from reporters and editors. Selects stories, writes teases and rewrites headlines. Enhances articles with photos, photo galleries, message boards, polls, chats, background articles from the archives, related links to other websites and multimedia material. Maintains special news sections to house a series or continuing coverage of an event. Focus of this position will be on Your Town.