Overview

Elite Daily is seeking a part-time, remote General News Writer available nights and weekends. This position will be covering primarily news/politics and entertainment news, so candidates should be as comfortable writing about health care policy as they are about Kylie Jenner’s latest Instagram. Ideally, we’re looking for someone who can make health care policy as entertaining as Kylie Jenner’s latest Instagram, and bring something new to the discussion for both!

A minimum commitment of at least 3 days per week in the afternoon and evening ET is required, although the position could be 4 days a week as well. Writers will work remotely. You should be able to fill three shifts on the following schedule: Monday-Sunday 3pm-10pm ET

Please submit a resume and cover letter that tells us a bit about who you are and why you’d be a great fit for the team! Please include a link to one published writing sample with your application.

Responsibilities

  • Pitch daily and breaking news
  • Create 3-5 daily posts, covering both news/politics and breaking entertainment news
  • Pitch, source, and write original and reported stories

Requirements

  • Strong voice, unique ideas, and the ability to not completely force your views on readers
  • Versatility across subjects from politics to celebrity news to viral stories, with a preference for experience in news/politics
  • Twitter addiction regrettably preferred
  • Availability to work remotely at least three days a week
  • 2+ years reporting/blogging/writing experience
  • Degree in journalism, communications, political science, or related
  • Knowledge of AP style is a plus

Bustle Digital Group is the largest premium publisher reaching millennial women. Every month, nearly 80 million readers turn to Bustle Digital Group publications — Bustle, Romper, Elite Daily, and The Zoe Report — for impactful conversation around the interests and issues engaging women today. Focusing on everything from pop culture to parenthood, Bustle Digital Group’s content leverages the power of a diverse set of voices from coast to coast. Bustle Digital Group does business with over 300 global brands, and ranks among the most popular media companies with our demographic on social media. Bustle Digital Group was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Los Angeles and London.