Education Writer/Editor
Friday, July 23, 2010
By: Kelly Engel

Education Daily is seeking a writer/editor

Education Daily is a daily four- to six-page newsletter covering the latest news and issues in the education field from the nation's capital. Staff writers cover the Washington, D.C.-based general education community for LRP's Virginia and Florida-based education products, including the EducationDaily.com Web site. The site is updated daily to provide in-depth, practical information and news for state, district and school-level administrators, beltway policymakers, and frontline educators. Education Daily staff writers contribute to the daily publication with a focus on specific areas within education; collect documents, studies, speeches and other information to populate a comprehensive database; and work independently from home or in the field, with guidance from the Florida office, to provide Washington, D.C.-centric coverage of legislative, policy, and regulatory issues. Contact Kelly Engel at kengel@lrp.com or visit the LRP Career Center at www.lrp.com.

Seeking an Education Writer/Editor to:

• Provide timely coverage of developing education issues that affect state, district and local level policy people, decision-makers and educators.
• Develop sources/go-to people within congressional committees, the Education Department, public/private sector and lobby groups. 
• Provide information on regulations, reports, studies, technology, best practices, operational or policy changes that could affect how readers do their jobs.
• Interview, in person and by telephone, key education experts, decision-makers, researchers, analysts, legislators and service providers.
• Collect information including, but not limited to, reports, studies, speeches, forms, lists and other data to build the EducationDaily.com database. 
• Write daily stories and work on longer-term projects for the print and online products. 
• Collaborate with colleagues to meet coverage needs, including requests for coverage from offsite editors and managers. 
• Adhere to and help develop work processes intended to maximize resources and enhance work/information flow. 
• Show professional courtesy and forbearance to your colleagues in Florida and Washington, D.C. 
• Work independently from home and in the field to deliver content on deadline

Minimum requirements:

• 4-year college degree 
• 3 years reporting experience 
• Able to work full-time schedule of 37.5 hours per week from home, in field. 
• Able to attend hearings, meetings and events in the Washington, D.C., area as needed. 

Preferred attributes:

• Experience reporting on elementary and secondary education at the federal, state or local level 
• Experience covering federal or state legislative or administrative branches 
• Experience working on daily news deadlines.