Remote | Senior Journalist / Writer — $245–$280/hour

We are sharing a specialised consulting opportunity for experienced journalists, editors, and professional writers with strong expertise in reporting, editing, copyediting, research, fact-checking, storytelling, and newsroom-quality written communication to contribute to an advanced AI training and editorial evaluation project.

Selected professionals will evaluate AI-generated writing against professional newsroom standards, create high-quality reference work, and provide detailed editorial feedback and rewrites. The work requires exceptional written judgement, strong research and fact-checking instincts, and the ability to assess clarity, accuracy, structure, tone, and style across varied editorial content.

Key Responsibilities

Editorial Evaluation & Quality Review

• Evaluate AI-generated writing for clarity, accuracy, tone, structure, and overall editorial quality
• Assess whether content meets professional publication and newsroom standards
• Identify weak framing, unclear reasoning, structural problems, factual concerns, and stylistic inconsistencies
• Distinguish polished writing from content that is superficially fluent but editorially weak
• Apply consistent professional judgement across varied writing assignments

Writing & Reference Content Development

• Write high-quality reference pieces that demonstrate excellent professional output
• Develop clear, engaging, and well-structured content across different editorial scenarios
• Apply strong storytelling, organisation, and audience awareness
• Produce reference work that establishes rigorous quality benchmarks
• Ensure written material is accurate, concise, readable, and appropriately styled

Editing, Copyediting & Rewriting

• Edit and rewrite content to improve clarity, precision, flow, and effectiveness
• Correct issues involving grammar, syntax, terminology, organisation, and style
• Strengthen headlines, leads, transitions, argument structure, and narrative coherence where relevant
• Apply professional copyediting standards and established editorial conventions
• Preserve intended meaning while materially improving writing quality

Research & Fact-Checking

• Evaluate factual claims and identify information requiring verification
• Apply strong research judgement when assessing source quality and evidentiary support
• Identify unsupported statements, inconsistencies, or potentially misleading framing
• Apply rigorous fact-checking principles to editorial content
• Distinguish factual errors from legitimate interpretation, analysis, or stylistic choice

Editorial Feedback & Writing Standards

• Provide detailed, actionable editorial feedback explaining strengths and weaknesses
• Clearly articulate why specific revisions improve an article or written response
• Help define and refine standards for high-quality AI-generated writing
• Apply appropriate style conventions, including AP style where relevant
• Maintain consistent evaluation standards across writing, editing, and review assignments

Ideal Profile

• At least 1 year of professional experience as a journalist, writer, editor, or comparable editorial professional at a reputable publication
• Experience at publications such as WSJ, NYT, Reuters, or comparable organisations is highly valued
• At least part of the relevant professional experience should have been gained within approximately the past 7 years
• Exceptional command of written English
• Strong professional editing and copyediting skills
• Demonstrated experience with research and fact-checking
• Strong storytelling, structural, and editorial judgement
• Familiarity with AP style or comparable professional editorial standards
• Ability to provide detailed and constructive editorial feedback
• Strong attention to accuracy, nuance, language, and presentation
• Undergraduate degree from a highly ranked university is preferred
• Candidates based in English-speaking countries are preferred

Engagement Details

• Independent contractor engagement
• Fully remote
• Compensation: $245–$280/hour
• Work will involve editorial evaluation, professional writing, editing, copyediting, fact-checking, rewriting, and reference-content development
• Strong professional newsroom or publication experience is central to this engagement
• Assignments may include evaluating AI-generated content, developing reference pieces, and providing detailed editorial revisions
• Project scope, workload, editorial requirements, and evaluation standards may evolve depending on project needs
• Work must be completed without using confidential or proprietary information belonging to any employer, client, publication, institution, or other third party

About the Platform

This opportunity is available through 24-MAG LLC. We connect experienced professionals with remote consulting opportunities across technical, evaluation, and project-based workstreams.

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