NBC News is seeking an experienced Manager, Editorial Records Desk to support the network’s award-winning editorial research and verification infrastructure. This role will be closely partnered with the Director of the Editorial Records Desk, with heavy emphasis on research and records management within the legal system and judicial networks.
This position will play a critical role in ensuring that NBC News remains a leader in credible, well-sourced, and data-driven journalism.
Responsibilities:
- Sourcing, summarizing and interpreting legal documents, court filings and other public records for producers and reporters.
- Solid understanding of [the law], court systems and public records access (offline and online)
- Ability to explain complex legal terms (jargon) and procedures in plain language
- Conduct in-depth research using federal, state, local court and public records databases eg. PACER, CourtListener, Courtlink but also Nexis, TLO, Accurint, Factiva
- Assist in retrieving legal documents and filing public records requests (county clerks, FOIA, FOIL)
- Track ongoing litigation, monitor court dockets and provide research memos summarizing findings for reporters and producers
- People finding and identify verification using public records