{"id":34545,"date":"2014-04-06T01:15:59","date_gmt":"2014-04-06T05:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=34545"},"modified":"2014-04-06T01:15:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-06T05:15:59","slug":"job-defense-news-asststaff-reporter-at-asahi-shimbun-dc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2014\/04\/06\/job-defense-news-asststaff-reporter-at-asahi-shimbun-dc\/","title":{"rendered":"Job: Defense News Asst\/Staff Reporter at Asahi Shimbun (DC)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Thanks to JET alum <strong>Taylor Wettach<\/strong> for passing this on.\u00a0 Posted by\u00a0<a href=\"commdao.com\">blogger<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"discussionswithdao.wordpress.com\">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<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"More...\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-includes\/js\/tinymce\/plugins\/wordpress\/img\/trans.gif\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Position:\u00a0<\/strong>Defense News Assistant\/Staff Reporter<strong><br \/>\nLocation:\u00a0<\/strong>Washington, DC<br \/>\n<strong>Type:\u00a0<\/strong>Full-Time<br \/>\n<strong>Salary:\u00a0<\/strong>$35,000 &#8211; $40,000<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b>Overview:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>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. However, candidates must be flexible and willing to work with other correspondents on non-defense issues when necessary. Some administrative support, such as transcribing interviews and other assignments, is also required. 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). The position will be available starting immediately.<\/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 are 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. No clips or phone calls, please.<\/p>\n<p>AsahiDC @ nationalpress.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks to JET alum Taylor Wettach for passing this on.\u00a0 Posted 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 Location:\u00a0Washington, DC Type:\u00a0Full-Time Salary:\u00a0$35,000 &#8211; $40,000 Overview:\u00a0 Primary duties include assisting our Washington-based defense correspondent by attending daily press briefings, conducting thorough [&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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34545","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-8Zb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34545","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=34545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34546,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34545\/revisions\/34546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}