Hotline Senate Campaign Correspondent
National Journal is hiring a Senate campaign correspondent for the Hotline, the political world’s oldest and most respected campaigns and elections newsletter.
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The Role:
National Journal has an immediate opening for a journalist to cover Senate campaigns and the power players behind the battle for the upper chamber for Hotline Wake-Up Call and Hotline Latest Edition.
The successful candidate will report to Hotline’s editor.
Responsibilities will include:
- Aggregating and analyzing campaign and elections news for the two Hotline newsletters, with a special focus on the political parties, the national political landscape, and the 2024 presidential race
- Breaking news on the campaign trail
- Developing and reporting longer feature stories on campaigns and elections for National Journal Daily
- Contributing to podcasts, webinars, and other audience engagement efforts for NJ subscribers
Qualifications of the ideal candidate:
- Strong knowledge of national politics and a voracious appetite for political news
- Unrivaled news judgment, including the ability to select the best source on a given story, and to spot broader trends across stories
- Deft, clear, and clean writing
- Early riser who is adaptable to irregular hours
- Developing and maintaining key sources in Congress, campaigns, consultants, and academia
- Developing original story ideas
- Ability to meet daily and weekly deadlines
- A demonstrated ability and willingness to learn from and contribute to a team
- A commitment to nonpartisan, non-ideological reporting and writing
- A demonstrated desire to excel and overcome challenges
- A full course of the COVID-19 vaccination is required for employment at National Journal
- Earned Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university
- Active contributor to a diverse and inclusive workplace
Application Materials: Cover letter, resume, writing sample or 2 clips
Employment Type: Full-time
Compensation: The salary range for this role is $53,000-$58,000.
Remote Status: Hybrid work environment, based in Washington DC on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays