Staff Writer

🕒 August 14

💵 $120k - $180k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

📰 Journalist

Where this job comes from

Posted on The Atlantic's careers page ↗The Atlantic's careers page, not through a job board

First seen by Remote Rocketship August 14

Still open on The Atlantic's site. Checked 7 hours ago.

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The Atlantic

201 - 500 employees

📱 Media

👥 B2C

Media • B2C

The Atlantic is a book and periodical publishing company that has been influential in shaping national discourse since 1857. It aims to represent a diverse array of perspectives on politics, business, foreign affairs, and cultural trends, operating independently of any party or clique.

📋 Description

• Report on the world of food and culinary culture • Produce fascinating stories across a wide-ranging food beat, including dining and lifestyle trends, food science, culinary obsessions, and consumer behavior • Investigate how chains fit into American culture and why shifts in food consumption matter • Develop original ideas and write clearly and stylishly for a wide audience • Break news and analyze what culinary moments reveal about contemporary life • Collaborate and communicate effectively with editors • Cultivate and communicate with a deep bench of sources • Write frequently, with authority and humor • Work quickly, meet deadlines, and switch gears as needed

🎯 Requirements

• Substantial experience as a reporter for general-interest publications • Deep interest in food culture • Understanding of how to translate compelling ideas into deftly reported and beautifully written stories • Impeccable editorial judgment • High standards for quality and accuracy • Facility with the ethics and rigors of journalism • Deep familiarity with The Atlantic • Ability to spot trends and maintain healthy skepticism about them • Ability to work quickly, meet deadlines, and switch gears as needed • Interest in and openness to a wide variety of views and perspectives • Desire to write frequently, with authority and humor • Ability to communicate effectively with editors and sources • Successful completion of reference checks • Compliance with The Atlantic's COVID-19 vaccination policy; employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19, including subsequent boosters, unless an accommodation applies

🏖️ Benefits

• Equal Opportunity Employer • COVID-19 vaccination policy, including subsequent boosters • Disability/medical contraindication or sincerely-held religious belief accommodations may be requested for vaccination • Guild position

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