Job Details
Senior Reporter, Artificial Intelligence, The Verge
Senior Reporter, Artificial Intelligence, The Verge
Salary: $88,000 - $100,000
• Intermediate Level
Summary
The Verge is looking for a senior reporter to cover the artificial intelligence beat, and work primarily with our policy and tech teams. You’ll spend your days finding big stories and breaking down enormously complex topics around how AI is being developed, addressed by lawmakers, incorporated by consumers and creators, and changing the world–for good and ill.
Category
Journalist/Reporter
Writers
Location
Remote Location
Time Period
Full Time
Posted Date
Feb 12, 2024
Start Date
N/A
End Date
N/A
Job Description
The Verge is looking for a senior reporter to cover the artificial intelligence beat, and work primarily with our policy and tech teams. You’ll spend your days finding big stories and breaking down enormously complex topics around how AI is being developed, addressed by lawmakers, incorporated by consumers and creators, and changing the world–for good and ill.
Senior reporters at The Verge are responsible for working with editors to identify and maintain a beat, then proactively generating stories on that beat. As the Verge’s primary AI reporter, your duties will be a mix of reporting on the news of the day and digging into longer-lead investigations that will drive news cycles of their own.
Your responsibilities will include:
Senior reporters at The Verge are responsible for working with editors to identify and maintain a beat, then proactively generating stories on that beat. As the Verge’s primary AI reporter, your duties will be a mix of reporting on the news of the day and digging into longer-lead investigations that will drive news cycles of their own.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Developing your beat with coverage from news to larger reports and analysis.
- Working across our teams to find and explain stories around artificial intelligence.
- Develop and nourish sources in the AI community and at the major companies investing in AI, including OpenAI, Google, and Microsoft.
- Proactively pitch news and analysis, and help vet stories.
- Help us maintain our collaborative and ambitious team culture.
WHO YOU ARE
- You care deeply about artificial intelligence and what it means for people, culture, and the technology world. You have a vision for strong, focused coverage of AI and the companies and policy makers engaging with it, as well as the communities affected by its growth.
- You’ve published scoops and built a network of contacts and sources in the AI area.
Qualifications:
- Extensive experience reporting in the AI space.
- Established contacts in the AI space.
- Strong knowledge of artificial intelligence and the hardware that powers it.
- Strong writing skills, including the ability to identify compelling angles and develop them effectively.
- An exceptional grasp of writing about culture, particularly the ways AI is transforming culture.
If you think you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job posting, please apply with a cover letter to let us know how you believe you can bring your unique skills to the Vox Media team or get in touch! We’ve hired chefs who became editors, DJs who became UX designers, and sommeliers who became writers.
WHERE YOU’LL WORK
This job is remote.
This role is a part of the Vox Media Union, represented by the Writers Guild of America, East
WHAT COMES NEXT
Please include examples of your work in your application/cover letter.
Pay Range: $88,000—$100,000 USD
WHERE YOU’LL WORK
This job is remote.
This role is a part of the Vox Media Union, represented by the Writers Guild of America, East
WHAT COMES NEXT
Please include examples of your work in your application/cover letter.
Pay Range: $88,000—$100,000 USD
Job Type
Full Time
Weekly Limit
N/A
Shift
Day
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