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About the Role
The Atlantic is seeking a curious, ambitious, and science-minded journalist to cover Americans’ changing health habits, focusing on desires to eat well, exercise, and get enough sleep, as well as tendencies to smoke, drink, and indulge. This writer will examine the evolving definition of a healthy life in the United States, going beyond service-style analysis or debunking. The role requires a sophisticated understanding of cultural, political, and historical forces shaping health trends, adeptness at parsing scientific research, reporting on shifting policies, and accessing influential figures. Conceptual depth and stylistic flair are essential. The role will at times include night, early-morning, and weekend work.
Responsibilities
- Reporting and writing for a broad audience on topics related to health, wellness, and/or science
- Developing sources
- Identifying emergent trends
- Leading the national conversation on health topics
- Parsing scientific research
- Reporting on shifting policies
- Accessing influential figures
- Balancing reporting on pressing news with landmark longer-term projects
- Pitching story ideas
Requirements
- Substantial experience reporting and writing for a broad audience on topics related to health, wellness, and/or science
- A track record of developing sources, identifying emergent trends, and leading the national conversation on health topics
- Fluency in scientific principles
- Superior ability to assess the quality of scientific research
- Exceptional writing skills and magazine sensibilities
- An abundance of story ideas
- Eagerness to pitch
- Hunger to weigh in on major topics and news events
- Ability to balance reporting on pressing news with landmark longer-term projects
- Compliance with The Atlantic's COVID-19 vaccination policy
Skills
- Science-minded journalism
- Reporting on health habits
- Skepticism of experts
- Analyzing scientific research
- Understanding cultural, political, and historical forces shaping health
- Conceptual depth
- Stylistic flair
- Writing for a broad audience
- Developing sources
- Identifying emergent trends
- Assessing scientific research quality
- Magazine sensibilities
- Pitching ideas
- Weighing in on major topics and news events
Location
- New York City
- Washington, D.C.
- Remote
Work Type
- Staff writer
- Guild position
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Substantial experience reporting and writing
Salary/Compensations
- $120,000
- $180,000
About the Company
- The Atlantic has, for more than 160 years, advanced ideas that matter and sparked global conversation on the most important issues of our time.
- We aim to bring clarity and original thinking to questions of consequence, on topics ranging from politics, the economy, and global affairs to technology, science, and culture.
- As the third-longest-running magazine in America, we find ourselves at a remarkable moment: one of both continuation and transformation, of upholding our legacy while continuously reinventing ourselves for the future.
Equal Opportunity
- The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC ("The Atlantic") is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- The Atlantic is committed to diversity and encourages members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including women, LGBTQ people, people of color, and people with disabilities.
- We do not discriminate against our applicants because of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.
- Job offers to work at The Atlantic are contingent upon the candidate’s successful completion of reference checks and compliance with The Atlantic's COVID-19 vaccination policy.
- The Atlantic requires all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, including subsequent boosters, and submit proof of vaccination status.
- Employees who cannot receive the vaccine because of a disability/medical contraindication or sincerely-held religious belief may request an accommodation (e.g., an exemption) to this requirement.