News Assistant

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News Assistant at Law360 providing coverage of legal news and tracking regulatory events. Checking court dockets and pitching stories for an online newswire.

Posted 7/20/2026full-timeRemote • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $60,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong research and writing skills, with a solid understanding of media and publishing industry practices. Capable of effectively monitoring regulatory databases and tracking significant events to produce relevant news articles.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Research SkillsWriting SkillsOrganizational SkillsMedia Industry ExperienceBachelor’s Degree in Journalism

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Soft Skills

Solid Organizational Skills

Industry Keywords

Federal Court DocketsState Court DocketsRegulatory DatabasesStory PitchingCongressional HearingsNews Articles

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Checking federal and state court dockets
Monitoring regulatory databases and websites
Pitching story ideas to editors
Tracking congressional hearings and other noteworthy events
Opportunities to report and write some news articles

Requirements

What you’ll need

Demonstrated research and writing skills
Solid organizational skills
Media or publishing industry experience (preferred)
Bachelor’s degree in journalism or related field

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health Benefits: Comprehensive program for medical, dental and vision benefits
Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with match
Wellbeing: Wellness platform with incentives, Employee Assistance and Time-off Programs
Short-and-Long Term Disability, Life and Accidental Death Insurance, Critical Illness, and Hospital Indemnity
Family Benefits, including bonding and family care leaves
Health Savings, Health Care, Dependent Care and Commuter Spending Accounts
Up to two days of paid leave each to participate in Employee Resource Groups and to volunteer with your charity of choice