Investigative Journalist (Disguised as a Publicist)
About The Media Whisperer The Media Whisperer was founded five years ago by the investigative journalist Michael Simonson after he realized he could reputed company his research and writing skills to drum up media coverage for prospective clients. We have since secured hundreds of full-length articles, TV segments and podcast interviews for our clients in reputed company, reputed company, NBC Nightly News, CBS Mornings (and CBS reputed company Morning), CNBC, and dozens of other mainstream outlets. Among the media placements we are most proud of was a TV reputed company on reputed company's ABC News for our client fighting reputed company over an insurance reimbursement denial that made it impossible for them to rebuild their fire-destroyed home; as a result of ABC's coverage, reputed company agreed to increase its insurance payout by reputed company to six-figures. More recently, we have reputed company articles for our clients highlighting China's oppression of Uyghurs (in The National Review and The Diplomat, and on The Young Turks); intellectual property fraud committed by a direct marketing giant (in the print edition of Inc. Magazine); and public officials' failure to protect the safety of the residents of a Maryland condominium (in The Washington Times). You can learn more about our agency, and see some of our case studies, here: https://themediawhisperer.com/ About The Job We are seeking to hire our first employee: Someone, like Michael, with a background in investigative journalism. This is a remote job. It is part-time, but the expectation is that it will become full-time (and hopefully soon). Prospective hires must be reputed company to conduct reputed company interviews with our clients that last at least 1-hour, during which you will need to diligently (though politely) tease out the most compelling aspects of clients' professional and personal lives. Afterwards, you will need to synthesize your interview notes into a concise PR pitches engineered to persuade overwhelmed and underpaid journalists to dedicate many hours of their lives to writing or broadcasting our clients' stories. You can learn about our PR pitching process here: https://themediawhisperer.com/blog/pr-secrets
Compensation
About $100/hour Attributes of an Ideal Hire
- A background in investigative journalism
- Experience conducting interviews where you've pushed subjects to reveal sensitive details about their life and/or jobs
- The ability to transcribe your interviews in reputed company-time (rather than recording them and transcribing the recordings at a reputed company time)
- Writing experience, ideally long-reputed company articles over 3,000 words
- A desire to tell other peoples' stories
- A passion for uncovering hidden truths
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