Contributing Writer, Young Lawmakers' Storybank – Contract

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☕ Washington – Remote

☕ Washington – Remote

💵 $2.5k / month

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✏️ Content Writer

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EDI Caucus

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2023

📚 Education

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

Education • Non-profit • Social Impact

EDI Caucus is dedicated to enhancing equality, diversity, and inclusion within the UK's research and innovation ecosystem. The organization conducts and shares research on under-explored areas, including the impact of COVID-19 on career inequalities and menstrual health. With a multidisciplinary team, EDI Caucus collaborates with various stakeholders to co-design inclusive strategies and resources that foster diverse and equitable work environments in research careers.

📋 Description

• Own the editorial pipeline for Future Caucus' Young Lawmakers' Storybank • Research, report, write, and edit approximately 12–13 narrative articles over the contract term on a biweekly schedule • Identify and pitch story leads from video content, policy tracking, news coverage, legislative activity, social media, staff input, events, and member milestones • Schedule and conduct interviews with young state and federal lawmakers from both parties • Manage articles through pitching, drafting, revisions, lawmaker review, and publication • Maintain the Storybank editorial tracker with story status, sources, and publication timelines • Write across content streams including Anatomy of a Bill, Policy Impacts, Profiles of Effective Lawmakers, and event recaps • Fact-check articles and follow AP style and Future Caucus editorial and brand guidelines • Flag standout quotes, moments, and visuals for social media amplification • Coordinate with the Communications team and program staff • Attend editorial check-ins, edits, and consultations during 12–4 p.m. ET core hours • Perform other related duties as needed

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years of professional experience in features, narrative, or storytelling-driven writing • Experience conducting interviews for published work and eliciting compelling quotes and anecdotes • Portfolio of published articles, newsletter or blog posts, or ghostwritten work • Ability to take writing projects independently from concept to publication with minimal editing • Strong command of AP style or ability to follow a house style guide • Deep interest in and working knowledge of U.S. politics at state and federal levels • Ability to write about Republican and Democratic lawmakers with equal fairness, accuracy, and curiosity • Self-directed and highly organized; able to manage a pipeline, meet deadlines, and communicate proactively • Ability to maintain confidentiality and integrity when working with lawmakers and staff • Passion for bipartisan cooperation and cross-partisan dialogue • Resume and three to five published clips required for application • Flexibility to schedule interviews around legislators' schedules

🏖️ Benefits

• $2,500 per month compensation • Six-month contract with possibility of extension by mutual agreement • Remote work arrangement • Flexible schedule focused on deliverables rather than set working hours • Equal opportunity and diverse, inclusive work environment