Sr. News & Corporate Researcher

Core Duties and Responsibilities:

• Company research: Prepare profiles of potential partners, customers, acquisition targets, vendors, investors, and other organizations.

• Financial research: Review public filings, earnings reports, investor presentations, industry data, and other financial information.

• Strategic research: Support management in evaluating new markets, products, geographic expansion, partnerships, licensing opportunities, and investments.

• Executive briefings: Produce concise research memos, background reports, talking points, charts, and briefing materials for executives.

• Market research: Analyze industry size, growth rates, trends, competitive conditions, and emerging opportunities.

• Data collection and analysis: Gather information from databases, government records, surveys, trade associations, research firms, and credible online sources and turn it into actionable findings.

• Fact checking: Verify statistics, claims, quotations, company information, and other material before it is used internally or externally.

• Regulatory and policy research: Track legislation, regulations, government policies, court decisions, and agency actions relevant to the company's operations.

• Special projects: Conduct rapid research for senior executives on acquisitions, business development opportunities, corporate communications, litigation, presentations, or other priority matters.

• Cross-department support: Work with finance, legal, business development, marketing, communications, and senior management on research-intensive projects.

• Recommendations: Go beyond simply collecting information by identifying key findings, risks, opportunities, and recommended next steps.

• News and developments: Monitor news, government actions, regulatory developments, economic trends, and other events that could affect the company.

News Research to Include:

• Conduct in-depth research on breaking news, developing stories, current events, public figures, organizations, government agencies, businesses, and other topics relevant to Newsmax programming.
• Provide producers, anchors, reporters, and editorial leadership with timely background research, facts, statistics, timelines, and other information needed for news coverage.
• Monitor news developments throughout the day and identify relevant information, updates, and potential story angles.
• Research and develop background materials for interviews, guest appearances, breaking-news coverage, and special programming.
• Prepare concise research briefs, background documents, timelines, fact sheets, and other materials for producers, anchors, and newsroom leadership.
• Research potential guests, experts, newsmakers, and other individuals relevant to developing stories and planned programming.
• Review government reports, court records, public filings, studies, polling data, transcripts, news reports, and other primary and secondary sources.
• Conduct research across multiple sources and evaluate the credibility, accuracy, and relevance of information.
• Quickly respond to research requests from producers and newsroom leadership during breaking-news situations.
• Perform additional duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Position Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Journalism, Communications, Political Science, History, English, Liberal Arts International Relations, Research, or a related field preferred.
• Previous experience in corporate research, news research, television production, digital media, investigative research, or a related field preferred.
• Strong knowledge of current events, politics, government, business, international affairs, and the broader news landscape.
• Exceptional research and fact-checking skills with demonstrated ability to locate and evaluate information from credible sources.
• Ability to quickly research unfamiliar or complex subjects and summarize findings clearly and accurately.
• Experience researching public records, government documents, court records, public filings, databases, and other primary sources preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong attention to detail with a commitment to accuracy and factual integrity.
• Ability to clearly organize and present research findings for staff.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills with the ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, online research tools including artificial intelligence and databases.
• Flexibility to work outside standard business hours as required by breaking news and major events.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Competitive salary - $85k -$105k depending on skills and relevant experience.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plans.
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match.
• Paid time off and holidays.
• Collaborative and inclusive work environment.