{"id":32783,"date":"2013-11-19T23:04:03","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T03:04:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=32783"},"modified":"2013-11-19T23:04:03","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T03:04:03","slug":"job-defense-news-assistantstaff-reporter-at-asahi-shimbun-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2013\/11\/19\/job-defense-news-assistantstaff-reporter-at-asahi-shimbun-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Defense News Assistant\/Staff Reporter at Asahi Shimbun (DC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Just saw this posted to the <a href=\"http:\/\/jetaadc.org\/\">JETAA DC<\/a> google group.\u00a0<strong>LAST DATE TO APPLY NOV. 30.\u00a0<\/strong>Posted by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/commdao.com\/2013\/11\/04\/the-strength-of-denial\/\">blogger<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/discussionswithdao.wordpress.com\/2013\/11\/17\/jnoc-40-architect-your-physique\/\">podcaster<\/a>\u00a0<strong>Jon Dao (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/groups?mostPopular=&amp;gid=3755165&amp;trk=myg_ugrp_ovr\">Toyama<\/a>-ken, 2009-12)<\/strong>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#!forum\/jetwitjobs\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0to join the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/?hl=en&amp;fromgroups#!forum\/jetwitjobs\" target=\"_blank\">JETwit Jobs Google Group<\/a>\u00a0and receive job listings even sooner by email.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p><strong><i><i>Position<\/i><em>:\u00a0<\/em><\/i><\/strong><i>Defense News Assistant \/ Staff Reporter<\/i><i><br \/>\n<strong><i>Type<\/i><\/strong><em><strong>:<\/strong>\u00a0Full-Time<br \/>\n<strong>Location:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Washington, DC<br \/>\n<\/em><\/i><em><strong>Salary:\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><em>32,000 &#8211; 36,000\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Overview:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Primary duties include assisting our Washington-based defense correspondent by attending daily press briefings, conducting thorough background research, gathering news and views, arranging and conducting interviews, and closely following developments in U.S. defense policy and international security affairs.\u00a0 However, candidates must be flexible and willing to work with other correspondents on non-defense issues when necessary.\u00a0 Some administrative support, such as transcribing interviews and other assignments, is also required.\u00a0 Some domestic travel may be required.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This is a reporting position with no article-writing or byline opportunities initially. Compensation includes overtime pay, excellent medical\/dental benefits, and 401(k).\u00a0 The position will be available by early December.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Requirements:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Applicants must have a bachelor\u2019s degree (master\u2019s degree preferable).<\/li>\n<li>Background in international security affairs and an interest in pursuing a career in journalism\u00a0are preferable.<\/li>\n<li>Interest in East Asia is desirable.<\/li>\n<li>Japanese language skills helpful but not required.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Application:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please email cover letter and resume (fax only if necessary). No clips or phone calls, please.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Aya Maher<br \/>\nThe Asahi Shimbun<br \/>\n1022 National Press Building<br \/>\nWashington, D.C. 20045<br \/>\nAsahiDC @ asahiam.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just saw this posted to the JETAA DC google group.\u00a0LAST DATE TO APPLY NOV. 30.\u00a0Posted by\u00a0blogger\u00a0and\u00a0podcaster\u00a0Jon Dao (Toyama-ken, 2009-12).\u00a0Click here\u00a0to join the\u00a0JETwit Jobs Google Group\u00a0and receive job listings even sooner by email. \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 Position:\u00a0Defense News Assistant \/ Staff Reporter Type:\u00a0Full-Time Location:\u00a0\u00a0Washington, DC Salary:\u00a032,000 &#8211; 36,000\u00a0 Overview: Primary duties include assisting our Washington-based defense correspondent by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"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":[1121,223,123],"class_list":["post-32783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs","tag-asahi-shimbun","tag-dc","tag-job"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pkZ7m-8wL","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32783","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\/110"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32783"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32784,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32783\/revisions\/32784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}