Writer, Women's Basketball

Job Description: • Cultivate and maintain strong sources to break, confirm and advance national news. • React quickly and eagerly in the moment to advance and elevate trending stories in the sport by providing additional reporting as well as commentary and analysis. • Generate creative, high-level stories about the growing and complex business of women’s basketball. • Contribute on multiple platforms, including podcasts, video and social media. • Write with clarity and consistently deliver clean, skilled stories, both on deadline and on features and enterprise. • Understand the sports’ advanced metrics and how to apply them to our coverage. • Collaborate effectively with colleagues as part of a beat team, as well as others throughout our large newsroom in numerous departments. • Maintain productivity while balancing long- and short-term stories with an aim of having a lively mix of reporting expected of a top journalist covering the sport. • 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. Requirements: • Minimum 4+ years of relevant experience. • Established relationships with team and league staff and players across Women’s Basketball. • Deep and comprehensive knowledge of the league's players and playing styles. • Demonstrated ability to react quickly and authoritatively to league news and developments. Benefits: • Highly competitive, employer-contributed medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance plans. • Savings accounts for medical, wellness, and childcare expenses. • 401k retirement savings plan and employer match. • Paid time off including paid sick leave, 12 paid holidays, 15 days of accrued vacation to start, and up to 20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave. • Our global benefits packages offer similar benefits and perks, competitive to the local market. Apply tot his job