Court/Legal Editor or Court/Legal Journalist, Leading Celebrity & Entertainment

Mystify Entertainment Network, Inc. is seeking an investigative court editor/journalist to cover celebrity and entertainment legal news. The role involves strategically managing daily news cycles, mining court filings for exclusives, developing legal sources, and writing SEO-optimized stories. The editor will also assign and edit stories for a team, ensuring lively and logical copy, and collaborate with other departments. Strong news judgment, time management, and multitasking skills are essential for this full-time, remote position.

Must Have

• Strategically manage daily news cycle and court/legal coverage
• Mine court filings and exhibits for exclusive news
• Develop and leverage a network of legal sources
• File sharp, well-conceived, brand-fitting stories
• Write quick daily SEO-optimized news stories with clean copy
• Assign and edit stories for a team of journalists
• Provide clear direction and constructive feedback
• Collaborate with social, photo, and other departments
• Self-starter with independent decision-making
• Quick news judgment, time management, and multitasking
• 3 years experience in breaking legal news
• Exceptional editing, writing, and reporting skills
• Deep understanding of court/legal, entertainment/pop culture
• Knowledge of SEO best practices and social trends
• Experience with content management systems, photo editing software, web analytics tools

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Benefits

We deliver the best in celebrity news, entertainment and pop culture with wit, irreverence, and authority. Over the past 20 years, this leading global brand has evolved into an exclusives powerhouse.

We are seeking a suitability qualified candidate to become our next investigative court editor/journalist.

Responsibilities:

• Think strategically about the daily news cycle and manage ongoing court/legal coverage of trending stories
• Mine court filings and exhibits to deliver exclusive news stories
• Tap into your existing network of legal sources or develop a network of sources to deliver exclusive news stories
• File stories with sharp, well-conceived angles that fit with our brand, with an eye to garnering exclusives and growing online traffic
• Write quick daily SEO-optimized news stories with clean copy
• Effectively package stories with strong visuals and display that will appeal to our readership for digital
• Assign and edit stories to a team of other journalists
• Give clear direction, provide constructive feedback, and produce copy that’s both lively and logical
• Work with social, photo, and other departments seamlessly to better enhance your coverage
• Be a self-starter and feel confident in making decisions and working independently
• Quick news judgment, excellence in time management and confidence multitasking is a must

Qualifications:

• 3 years of experience in breaking legal news and huge passion for the entertainment industry
• Exceptional editing, writing, and reporting skills
• Deep understanding of the court/legal, entertainment/pop culture space and a network of established contacts
• Strong news judgment and ability to craft enticing, SEO-optimized headlines
• Knowledge of SEO best practices and social trends
• Comfortable multitasking and working in a fast-paced online news environment
• Experience using content management systems, photo editing software and web analytics tools

Note: We adhere to a work-from-home digital newsroom model.

About Mystify Entertainment Network, Inc.

Mystify Entertainment Network, Inc. (MEN) is where bold and authoritative content meets innovative delivery for passionate audiences. An award-winning, global, and next-generation multi-platform media company, MEN encompasses a powerful portfolio of assets that serve a highly engaged audience of more than 40 million users per month through a rich assemblage of content delivery mechanisms: digital media, to social, audio, book publishing, and more. MEN's suite of vaunted brands — Radar Online, OK! Magazine, Knewz, Front Page Detectives, The Royal Observer, Morning Honey and Women’s Golf Journal — makes it one of the world’s largest and most diversified modern digital media conglomerates, with market share across entertainment, news, true crime, and specialist consumer titles.