(New York) Serious announcement: the first American regional press group Gannett, owner of the USA Today network, is looking for an “energetic” and multimedia journalist who exclusively covers the mega pop star Taylor Swift, cultural phenomenon and steamroller commercial.
The “Taylor Swift Reporter” ad appeared Tuesday on the Dayforce job site, posted by Gannett for its newspapers USA Today And The Tennesseanlocal publication of the USA Today Network: “We are looking for an experienced, video-oriented journalist capable of capturing the musical and cultural impact of Taylor Swift.”
Gannett notes that “Swift’s fan base has reached unprecedented heights, as has the importance of her music and legacy” in the United States and around the world.
The USA Today network and its newspaper in Tennessee want to hire “an energetic editor, photographer and social media pro, who will have an insatiable thirst for everything Taylor Swift does on all platforms.”
What’s needed is “a creative, energetic journalist who reports on the excitement surrounding Swift’s current tour and upcoming album, while providing thoughtful analysis of her music and career.”
USA Today warns that “Taylor Swift” reporter will need to have “a voice, but no bias.”
The 33-year-old musician is a musical and cultural phenomenon and an economic juggernaut.
She has just completed part of her tour Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour in the United States and Mexico and should make a detour to Canada in November 2024. At the end of the year, it will head to Argentina, Europe, Asia and Australia until the end of 2024.
With 146 dates in sold-out stadiums, Taylor Swift – who started out at a young age in a bar in Nashville, the “capital” of country – should reach a billion dollars in revenue.
At the end of August, she announced that her concerts would be the subject of a film which will be released on October 13 in AMC theaters in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Even the president of the branch of the American central bank (Fed) in New York, John Williams, spoke last Thursday of a stimulating “Taylor Swift” effect on the American economy in recent months.
In June, a thousand Gannett journalists and employees went on strike to demand reinvestment in the “decimated” local news coverage of USA Today Network’s 200 titles and the departure of the company’s ailing boss, Mike Reed.