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About the Role
Rock & Art is seeking Volunteer Writers to contribute thoughtful, research-driven cultural journalism. This role focuses on in-depth analysis and contextual understanding rather than quick news stories, aiming to build a lasting cultural knowledge resource.
Responsibilities
- Develop and pitch original article ideas.
- Research subjects using reliable primary and secondary sources.
- Produce long-form essays, cultural criticism, analysis, and research-based features.
- Provide historical, political, and cultural context.
- Conduct interviews or incorporate documented voices where appropriate.
- Attribute and document sources accurately.
- Work with editors through the Rock & Art editorial process.
- Revise drafts based on substantive editorial feedback.
- Contribute to larger editorial clusters and knowledge projects.
- Identify connections between your work and existing Rock & Art content.
- Follow the principles and standards of the Rock & Art Editorial System (RAES).
Requirements
- Demonstrated strong writing ability.
- Demonstrated strong research ability.
- Genuine engagement with your subject.
- Excellent written English.
- Strong research and analytical skills.
- Ability to develop an argument rather than simply describe a subject.
- Understanding of the importance of context.
- Careful use of sources and evidence.
- Intellectual honesty.
- Openness to editorial feedback.
- Sensitivity when working with complex or contested subjects.
- Reliability and respect for agreed deadlines.
- Ability to collaborate remotely and communicate effectively with the team.
Skills
- Cultural journalism
- Cultural criticism
- Research
- Analysis
- Long-form writing
- Editing
- Interviewing
- Source attribution
- Knowledge curation
- Writing
- Research
- Analysis
- Argument development
- Contextualization
- Source utilization
- Intellectual honesty
- Feedback reception
- Sensitivity
- Reliability
- Deadline adherence
- Collaboration
- Communication
Location
- Remote — worldwide
Work Type
- Volunteer
- Remote
Experience Level
- Emerging writers
- Experienced writers
Education Level
- Student or graduate in the humanities, social sciences, arts or related fields
Salary/Compensations
- Unpaid / no financial compensation
Benefits
- Clearly defined editorial process
- Editorial guidance and feedback
- Access to Rock & Art’s editorial frameworks and standards
- Opportunity to develop published work for your portfolio
- Attribution of your published work
- Opportunity to contribute to a growing international cultural knowledge project
- Opportunities to collaborate with writers, researchers and editors from different backgrounds
- Possibility of developing into additional editorial or research responsibilities
About the Company
- Rock & Art is an independent cultural journalism and knowledge platform exploring art, music, literature, identity, bodies, sexuality, politics and subcultures through critical, intersectional perspectives.
- We practice slow journalism: research-driven, long-form and contextual work that seeks to understand culture rather than simply report on it.
- Rock & Art is built around the belief that journalism can be a method of producing public knowledge.
- Our work connects cultural criticism, research, documentation and collective knowledge-building, creating an independent and lasting resource for readers, researchers and communities.
- Our editorial practice is guided by intellectual curiosity, evidence, context, editorial independence, and a commitment to complexity and responsible representation.
- We are currently building an international volunteer community of writers, researchers, editors, fact-checkers, knowledge curators and cultural contributors who want to help develop Rock & Art as a long-term cultural knowledge project.
Equal Opportunity
- We welcome applications from people who are traditionally underrepresented in cultural journalism and from contributors whose knowledge and perspectives can broaden the cultural record.