Audience Writer
Role Overview
This is a mid-to-senior level audience writer role at ProPublica, working within the newsletter team and collaborating across the newsroom. The writer adapts investigative journalism into multiple formats like explainers, service guides, and Q&As to engage audiences through newsletters and standalone pieces. They play an essential role in reaching new readers by contextualizing news and delivering sharp, error-free copy.
Perks & Benefits
This appears to be a full-time remote position with flexible time zones, as it's listed on a remote job board and involves collaboration across teams. The role offers opportunities for creative experimentation with storytelling approaches and career growth through direct reporting to the audience manager. The collaborative newsroom culture values innovation in audience engagement and adapting to changing news habits.
Full Job Description
ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
ProPublica is hiring an experienced writer to adapt our investigative journalism in multiple formats to meet the needs of our audience’s changing news habits. Over the past year, we’ve prioritized presenting our reporting in a number of ways — including explainers, service guides, Q&As with reporters and takeaways — to better serve readers. This role will play an essential role in meeting our growing ambitions to reach and engage new audiences.
We’re looking for someone who is passionate about experimenting with creative approaches to telling stories; who can work collaboratively with reporters and editors; and who knows how to connect the dots between stories to contextualize the news for readers.
The person in this role will work closely with staffers across the newsroom to produce short-form sections for newsletters and written-through standalone pieces that bring dimension and life to our journalism. They should bring a strong understanding of audience best practices and should be able to deliver sharp, quick and error-free copy.
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