At a time when many cities don’t have a each day newspaper and most of the remaining papers don’t have a devoted music author, Taylor Swift is now such an enormous deal that one in all America’s greatest newsrooms is devoting a complete reporter to her. Gannett properties USA In the present day and the Nashville-based The Tennessean are hiring “an skilled, video-forward journalist to seize the music and cultural affect of Taylor Swift.” The particular person on the T-Swift beat can stay wherever within the continental United States and should be prepared to journey internationally. “Seeing each the details and the fury, the Taylor Swift reporter will establish why the pop star’s affect solely expands, what her fanbase stands for in popular culture, and the impact she has throughout the music and enterprise worlds,” the job description reads.

In a considerably dystopian flip, the intent is to syndicate this reporter’s Taylor Swift content material throughout 200 Gannett publications. So no, you gained’t be capable to get protection of your native music scene, however you’ll be able to positively get in-depth protection of no matter concept the Swifties have in regards to the subsequent Taylor’s Model or no matter. As for pay, “The hourly price for this position will vary between $21.63 and $50.87.” Right here’s the total deal from the posting:

USA TODAY and The Tennessean/tennessean.com, a part of the USA TODAY NETWORK, searching for an skilled, video-forward journalist to seize the music and cultural affect of Taylor Swift.

Swift’s fanbase has grown to unprecedented heights, and so has the importance of her music and rising legacy. We’re in search of an lively author, photographer and social media professional who can quench an plain thirst for all issues Taylor Swift with a gentle stream of content material throughout a number of platforms. Seeing each the details and the fury, the Taylor Swift reporter will establish why the pop star’s affect solely expands, what her fanbase stands for in popular culture, and the impact she has throughout the music and enterprise worlds. 

The profitable candidate is a pushed, artistic and energetic journalist capable of seize the joy round Swift’s ongoing tour and upcoming album launch, whereas additionally offering considerate evaluation of her music and profession.

We’re in search of a journalist with a voice — however not a bias — capable of shortly domesticate a nationwide viewers by means of good content material designed to fulfill readers on their phrases. This reporter will chronicle the most important moments on the following parts of Taylor Swift’s tour, providing readers of USA TODAY, The Tennessean and greater than 200 native information sources an inside view.

This journalist should be prepared (and legally allowed) to journey internationally.

This place is distant and might be primarily based wherever within the US, apart from Alaska and Hawaii or primarily based at our headquarters in McLean, VA. In case you stay close to one in all our native newsrooms, you will have the choice to make use of that as a base of operations.