US Sports Correspondent in Los Angeles Agence France-Presse

AFP is seeking a dynamic English-language sports journalist to join its North America network.

Working under the direction of the North America Sports Editor and regional Editors-in-Chief, you will be part of a team of four anglophone journalists responsible for covering the major professional leagues in North America in addition to the regular major events which are part of AFP’s core sports coverage, notably tennis, golf, Formula One, boxing and Olympic sports such as athletics and swimming. Knowledge of cricket, while not essential, would be a plus.

North America will be at the center of the global sporting stage with the Los Angeles Olympics in 2028, the FIFA Women’s World Cup and the Rugby World Cup in 2031. Reporting on preparations and issues surrounding these events will be a core part of the role.

You will be expected to work with photo, video and graphics colleagues to assist with the agency’s goal of producing exceptional multimedia journalism. A proven ability to identify angles and produce story ideas that work well across all mediums is a must.

You must be able to react quickly to breaking developments, synthesize complex stories, put them in a broader global context and explain why they are important while making them accessible to a global sports audience.

You will be a flexible, experienced allrounder who is passionate about telling stories that help explain the vast North American sporting landscape to the wider world.

You will be ready to also pitch in when sports news meets the rest of the national news agenda.

You must be a stickler for accuracy who works well both in a team and independently for a role that will include evening and weekend work in addition to regular reporting assignments.

The hours can be long and include weekends and evenings.

Flexibility and grace under pressure are essential: we regularly juggle multiple story lines simultaneously and have to jump onto breaking stories at a moment’s notice.

You must be a team player able to maintain a sense of humor while multitasking.

It is important to stress that all AFP journalists contribute to AFP’s newsgathering process in all formats, working for the common goal of reacting and producing high-quality multimedia journalism.

You will closely monitor social media and strictly adhere to the Agency’s guidelines on social media activity.

You will contribute to the fight against misinformation by helping factcheckers in the network and ensure you are trained in the various methods of online verification now indispensable for all journalism. Online training is available on Inside.

As a rule, you commit to respecting AFP’s ethics charter as well as all the editorial guidelines in force and in the Agency’s style guide.

You will ensure that events on AFP’s integrated calendar system Iris360 are up to date to enable our clients and our bureaux to plan for upcoming news events and their coverage.

In an ever-changing media environment, the nature of the job could evolve in line with coverage demands and the requirements of an increasingly diverse client base.