Writer/Reporter, Electronics

One of the world’s most influential mission-driven media organizations, Consumer Reports produces award-winning digital, print, and video content that guides readers through their shopping decisions and promotes a fairer, more transparent marketplace.

As a key member of our Home and Technology team, you will report on smartphones and other electronic devices, delivering product reviews, news stories, timely consumer service, and thoughtful journalism on issues from unfair pricing to safety hazards. You’ll report to the deputy technology editor and collaborate closely with our test engineers, market analysts, safety and design experts, survey department, video producers, and social media team. Your work will appear online and in print.

Under our CR Flex program, this is a hybrid position eligible for remote work up to 80 percent of the time. Candidates must reside within 75 miles of our Yonkers, NY, office.

This position is not eligible for sponsorship.

HOW YOU'LL MAKE AN IMPACT

How You'll Make an Impact:

Whether writing a review of Apple’s latest iPhones, evaluating digital notebooks, or offering advice on how to preserve family photos, you’ll combine technical insight, smart reporting, and an eagerness to collaborate with coworkers to generate attention-grabbing stories that further the organization's mission. You will also work with our video, social media, and communications teams to promote CR’s work and help us expand our audience.

ABOUT YOU

You’ll Be Highly Rated If:

You have the background. You’ve earned a BS degree in journalism or some other discipline and have spent at least 5-years covering consumer technology and/or home products for a broad consumer audience.
You take a consumer-first approach. You can convert technical insights and data into informative, well-written, easy-to-understand content.
You are tech-savvy. You are knowledgeable and interested in consumer products, especially household electronic items from smartphones to printers.
You are an idea generator. You have lots of original story ideas to pitch.

You'll Be One Of Our Top Picks If:

You appreciate first-rate storytelling. You’re a versatile writer who can craft compelling display copy and collaborate with designers and photo editors on visual treatments across platforms.
You are data-driven. You are adept at using SEO research, web metrics, and other market data to guide your work.
You enjoy collaboration. You’re open to working alongside CR colleagues—editors, fact-checkers, testers, consumer advocates, layout designers, etc.—to create stories that genuinely impact consumers and the marketplace.
You are comfortable in front of a microphone or camera. You welcome the opportunity to participate in video projects and represent CR in social media, podcast, and press appearances.
You are a quick study. You can swiftly bring yourself up to speed on new product categories and topics of the day, adapting to new story formats and emerging newsroom tools. You like experimenting.

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WHO WE ARE
Consumer Reports is an independent, nonprofit organization dedicated to a fair and just marketplace for consumers. Our team is made up of truth tellers, change agents, and consumer advocates who investigate and build coalitions to fight for fairness and justice in the marketplace. We leverage our evidence-based approach to demand safer products, a healthier environment, and equitable services for everyone.

Our mission starts with you. We offer medical benefits from that start on your first day as a CR employee that include behavioral health coverage and unlimited sick days. There’s also generous family planning benefits and a generous 401K match. Learn more about how CR’s advocates for strong benefits on behalf of their employees here: https://www.consumerreports.org/cro/careers/landing-page/index.htm
FAIR PAY & A JUST WORKPLACE
At Consumer Reports, we are committed to fair, transparent pay and we strive to provide competitive, market-informed compensation. The target salary range for this position is $103k to $110k. It is anticipated that most qualified candidates will fall near the middle of this range. Compensation for the successful candidate will be informed by the candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience.

Consumer Reports proudly seeks to build a richly diverse workforce by hiring people with a diversity of thoughts, identities, perspectives, and experiences that help advance the difference we make for consumers, and by ensuring our people experience equity and inclusion in their work lives. We encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including women, LGBTQIA people, people of color, and people with disabilities.