The role involves covering the Seattle Seahawks with a focus on authoritative reporting, deep storytelling, quick news writing, and audience engagement. Candidates should have experience in media, knowledge of NFL, and be willing to use video as part of their storytelling.
About Us
Powered by one of the largest global newsrooms in sports media, The Athletic brings sports fans the most comprehensive stories about the teams, sports and athletes they love. The Athletic’s newsroom of 500+ full-time staff delivers in-depth coverage of hundreds of professional and college teams across more than 47 North American markets and all 20 football clubs in the English Premier League, as well as many Championship clubs.
Responsibilities
- Excellent news sense, along with ability to build relationships with sources that ultimately lead to authoritative reporting, which allows us to break news and write revelatory stories.
- Ability to tell rich, ambitious, features through deep reporting and access that takes readers beyond the superficial storylines.
- Attention to detail; must be meticulous and thorough when sourcing stories.
- A deep understanding of audience needs and a desire to constantly satisfy those needs.
- A sharp, analytical mind able to analyze a situation and add perspective.
- Ability to work on a number of projects at the same time, balancing long-term projects with the need to deliver stories on a regular basis.
- Ability to write quick news stories and provide analysis for a variety of platforms, including live journalism.
- Ability and willingness to shoot video on location as part of event coverage and important stories.
- Appear on The Athletic’s shows and series network to offer analysis and insight around biggest stories on your beat.
- Creative and innovative approach to story ideation and video formats.
- Unique and strong voice both in print and video that can stand out from competitors.
- Must have the ability to work collaboratively with colleagues and share information.
- Desire to connect with the audience by interacting with our readers.
- Interest in internal metrics that can help understand what subscribers desire.
Requirements
- At least three years of relevant experience at a media company.
- Prior experience covering a college or professional team beat; prior NFL beat experience preferred.
- Thorough knowledge of the NFL.
- Thorough knowledge of the journalistic process.
- Interest in — and enthusiasm for — video, as well as other journalistic platforms.
- This position is based in Seattle.
For roles in the U.S., dependent on your role, you may be eligible for variable pay, such as an annual bonus and restricted stock. Benefits may include medical, dental and vision benefits, Flexible Spending Accounts (F.S.A.s), a company-matching 401(k) plan, paid vacation, paid sick days, paid parental leave, tuition reimbursement and professional development programs.
For roles outside of the U.S., information on benefits will be provided during the interview process.
We are excited to learn more about you and your experience. To keep our hiring process as fair and authentic as possible, we ask that you submit your own work and not use GenAI tools to generate substantive content during the application and interview process. If you are a candidate for a technical role, we will let you know what specific tools you are permitted to use for your technical assessment.
The Athletic Media Company is an equal opportunity employer and enthusiastically encourages people from all backgrounds and experiences to apply. The Athletic will consider all applicants without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, physical and/or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, age, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
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