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Writer and Author (Print Journalism)
Priority One Staffing Services Inc
compensation:
$35 - $50 per hour depending upon experience
employment type:
full-time
experience level:
mid level
job title:
Writer and Author
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The position will begin 12/1/2026 with a possible three (3) year engagement
Key Responsibilities
• Develop and manage strategic editorial calendars for print and long-form digital publications and lead feature stories from initial pitch through publication.
• Identify and develop stories involving clinical advancements, research, patient success stories, and staff achievements.
• Conduct sensitive, in-depth interviews with medical personnel, patients, families, leaders, and subject-matter experts.
• Collaborate with photographers, videographers, and graphic designers on multimedia story packages.
• Craft messaging for internal and external audiences and support media analysis, press conferences, briefings, community engagement, and crisis communications.
• Generate editorial ideas; develop news angles and balanced multi-source articles; schedule SME interviews; write, rewrite, and edit copy in AP Style.
• Support website/social-media updates, media queries, visits, communications reporting, speeches, briefings, and daily/weekly/ad hoc deadlines.
Minimum / Preferred Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Communications, English, or a related field.
• 5+ years of proven journalism or professional-writing experience with a strong portfolio of published articles demonstrating interviewing, narrative storytelling, and long-form writing.
• Proven experience in healthcare communications, military public affairs, or a similar regulated, high-visibility environment.
• Thorough understanding of HIPAA and PHI safeguards, particularly when interviewing patients.
• Excellent project-management capability, including editorial-calendar management, content-strategy development, and simultaneous management of multiple stories.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build rapport with patients, families, senior leaders, and medical experts.
Please submit your resume for immediate consideration
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