Duties
A key aspect of this position will be the coverage of media events held in San Francisco/Los Angeles, so demonstrated experience with covering these events, dealing with game PR, and interviewing developers is preferred (but not required). These media events are typically press-only engagements at which you will be given the opportunity to get hands-on play time with unreleased titles for Nintendo systems.
This is an ideal position for journalism students looking to beef up a resume, those hoping to break into game journalism, or fans of the game industry that have always wanted to write about it for a broader audience.
You will not be paid, but you will receive free review copies of games on a regular basis, as well as occasional peripherals and hardware for review purposes.
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Applications
If you'd like to apply for this position, two relevant articles must be provided.
1) A sample news story
Have a look at some of the news stories posted on the site. Note their layout, style, and tone, and then write one yourself as if you were writing it for posting on the site. A general template to use is below:
TITLE: [title of the story; should be descriptive but succinct]
RELATED LINK: [link to the original source of the story, or as close to original as you can get]
ABSTRACT: [the "tagline" of the story; should be a "teaser" that encourages clickthrough]
BODY: [body of the news story, with proper paragraphs, grammar, introduction, citing, etc.]
PRESS RELEASE: [if there is a press release, we post it at the bottom with -small- tags around it]
2) A sample game review
Have a look at some of the reviews posted on the site. Note their layout, style, and tone, and then write one yourself as if you were writing it for posting on the site. The review should:
Depending on experience, a brief phone/Skype interview may be required.
Interested parties can send the above articles to nwrjobs@nintendoworldreport.com.
Thanks, and good luck to all applicants!
Why does NWR use the phrase "hiring", anyway, given that they don't offer any pay?
AFICT, the word "hire" is pretty firmly associated with pay being exchanged for work (e.g., see http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hire).
NWR (and before that, PGC) has used this odd wording for a long time, and it's alway made me feel kind of uncomfortable... wouldn't it be a bit more honest to just say "NWR is seeking volunteers for positions in the XXX area"?
Wow. Talk about being anal.
Wow. Talk about being anal.
I think that was uncalled for.
I'm not objecting out of pedantry, but because I think NWR (ne PGC) is a great site, much more honest and straight-forward than most gaming sites, and this particular odd terminology has always seemed out of place, misleading in a way that might end up leaving some people feeling disappointed when they find out that it's not a "real" job.
I would love to do it (free games, peripheral, attendance @ E3), but I don't want to do the writing part. Not that I couldn't, but I just don't want to. Any way I could do the fun half, and phone in the rest so someone else can write about it?
NWR has a big benefit in that it hasn't been caught up in any controversies as well. The site doesn't have anything that would tarnish its journalistic integrity.
Hmm, I hadn't thought about that, but the idea kinda scares me to be honest.
If I lived there I would be all over it. Though I am near Redmond and NoA headquarters though if you need someone there... ;)
If I lived there I would be all over it. Though I am near Redmond and NoA headquarters though if you need someone there... ;)
We don't have anybody up there, and that would certainly be helpful. Feel free to apply!
If I lived there I would be all over it. Though I am near Redmond and NoA headquarters though if you need someone there... ;)
We don't have anybody up there, and that would certainly be helpful. Feel free to apply!
Since you guys are at it, how about hiring a proofreader?
I'm not saying the writing's bad (it isn't), but if I notice even one mistake, it bothers me.Since you guys are at it, how about hiring a proofreader?If anyone needs a proofreader it's the gang at IGN. I've almost emailed an application to be an editor considering how many errors seem to slip though their sights.
I'm not saying the writing's bad (it isn't), but if I notice even one mistake, it bothers me.Since you guys are at it, how about hiring a proofreader?If anyone needs a proofreader it's the gang at IGN. I've almost emailed an application to be an editor considering how many errors seem to slip though their sights.
