News & Copy Editor

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🕒 October 16

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $70 - $75 / hour

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📝 Copywriter

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📋 Description

• Review paired AI-generated news/copy writing against the task brief and writing guide • Judge factual accuracy, hedging, and buried leads • Select a preferred sample • Write a one-line reason for the selection • Apply tags • Clear the calibration gate before working on live data • Work on projects training and enhancing AI systems

🎯 Requirements

• Desk or copy editing experience at a major news organization • Comfortable cutting copy to the point on deadline • Ability to catch factual slips or buried leads on the first read • Ability to review AI-generated news/copy writing against task briefs and writing guides • Ability to judge factual accuracy and hedging • Ability to select a preferred sample, write a one-line reason, and apply tags • Must clear the calibration gate before live data • Must be able to work approximately 5 hours per day, 5 business days for the pilot • Must not require H1-B or STEM OPT support

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote role that can be completed on your own schedule • Weekly payments via Stripe or Wise based on services rendered • Projects may be extended, shortened, or concluded early depending on needs and performance • Competitive pay • Collaboration with leading researchers • Opportunity to help shape the next generation of AI systems • Up to $300 for each successful referral, subject to referral limits

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