{"id":22697,"date":"2011-12-01T06:20:25","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T10:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=22697"},"modified":"2011-12-01T06:20:25","modified_gmt":"2011-12-01T10:20:25","slug":"job-news-assistant-foreign-affairs-staff-reporter-at-asahi-shimbun-washington-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/12\/01\/job-news-assistant-foreign-affairs-staff-reporter-at-asahi-shimbun-washington-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: News Assistant \/ Foreign Affairs Staff Reporter at Asahi Shimbun (Washington DC)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Via Lauren R. McGaughy<\/strong>, Asahi Shimbun. Posted by Dipika Soni<\/a> (Ishikawa-ken<\/a>, 2003-06)<\/strong>. Dipika has recently moved back to London but is interested in hearing about any Japan-related opportunities across the globe.<\/em><\/p>\n

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***Note: If you apply for this position, please let them know you learned of it from JETwit. Thanks.<\/em>***<\/p>\n

Job Position:<\/strong> News Assistant \/ Foreign Affairs Staff Reporter<\/p>\n

Job Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Company: The Asahi Shimbun
\nPosition: News Assistant \/ Foreign Affairs Staff Reporter
\nLocation: Washington, DC Bureau
\nJob Status: Full-time
\nSalary: $33,000 to $36,000<\/p>\n

The Asahi Shimbun is Japan\u2019s leading national daily newspaper. Based in Tokyo, it has a circulation of more than eight million. Its North American bureaus are located in New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n

Qualifications<\/strong>
\nApplicants must have a bachelor\u2019s degree (Master\u2019s preferable). Background in U.S. foreign policy international affairs is highly desirable, especially as it concerns the Asia-Pacific region (mostly focused on China and the Koreas). Japanese language is helpful but not required. <\/p>\n

Description<\/strong>
\nDuties include assisting our Washington-based diplomatic affairs correspondent with articles by conducting thorough background research, attending press briefings, gathering news and views, arranging interviews, and closely following developments in the area of U.S. foreign policy, primarily covering the State Department. Some administrative support, such as transcribing interviews and other assignments, is also required.<\/p>\n

The position will be available in late November. This is a reporting position with no article-writing or byline opportunities. Compensation includes overtime pay, excellent medical\/dental benefits, and 401(k).<\/p>\n

How to Apply<\/strong>
\nPlease email cover letter and resume (fax only if necessary). No clips or phone calls, please.<\/p>\n

Contact Information<\/strong>
\nHiring Manager
\nThe Asahi Shimbun
\n1022 National Press Building
\nWashington, D.C. 20045
\n(202) 783-0039 (fax)
\nAsahiDC@nationalpress.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Via Lauren R. McGaughy, Asahi Shimbun. Posted by Dipika Soni (Ishikawa-ken, 2003-06). Dipika has recently moved back to London but is interested in hearing about any Japan-related opportunities across the globe. ———————————————————————————————————————————- ***Note: If you apply for this position, please let them know you learned of it from JETwit. Thanks.*** Job Position: News Assistant \/ […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":40,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-5U5","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/40"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22697"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22699,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22697\/revisions\/22699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}