[Hiring] Staff Writer @Minute Media

Role Description

Sports Illustrated is seeking an ambitious and curious Staff Writer to write feature, news and analysis stories and help bring them to life across all of SI’s platforms (digital, print, video, social). This role will focus primarily on women’s sports coverage, particularly the WNBA and women’s college basketball, but the ideal candidate is versatile enough to report and write across a variety of sports and topics.

• Coordinate with editors to react to emerging news in women’s sports.
• Produce creative, differentiated stories steeped in authoritative reporting and premium storytelling.
• Write quickly, clearly, and cleanly.
• Collaborate across the newsroom and work flexible hours.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of sports journalism experience, ideally covering women’s basketball for a major media organization.
• Proven track record of versatility across sports and topics.
• Deep knowledge of and a wide network in the women’s basketball community.
• Strong news judgment and awareness of emerging trends.
• Ability to write clearly and quickly with style and voice.
• Excellent organizational, reporting, communication, and time-management skills.
• Mastery of social media as a news gathering tool and brand-building platform.
• Unwavering commitment to accurate, ethical journalism.
• Flexibility to travel and work nights, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements

• Report and write news reactions, columns, and analysis pieces, primarily on the WNBA and women’s college basketball.
• Report and write engaging feature, enterprise, and trend stories for SI.com and SI’s signature magazine on a variety of topics.
• Pitch ideas constantly, staying on the lookout for stories that will engage, inform, and surprise our audience.
• Extend written insights, analysis, and storytelling to other platforms, including social, video, podcasts, and other audience-engagement media.
• Coordinate with editors to anticipate news cycles, plan for tentpole events, and help build content calendars for WNBA and women’s college basketball coverage.

Benefits

• Flexible vacation policy.
• 15 paid holidays.
• Paid parental leave.
• Health insurance.
• 401(k) with company match.