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About the Role
The Atlantic is seeking an ambitious reporter to cover the intersection of technology and consumer culture, focusing on consumer spending habits. The role involves producing engaging stories across e-commerce, retail, the influencer economy, marketing, and travel, requiring the ability to interrogate companies, analyze trends, and report on logistics. This position is for someone with original ideas, who can work quickly and deeply, and write clearly and stylishly under deadline pressure. Occasional night, early-morning, and weekend work is expected.
Responsibilities
- Produce engaging stories across a wide-ranging beat including e-commerce, retail, the influencer economy, marketing, and travel.
- Interrogate companies and platforms shaping online shopping.
- Analyze the meaning of trendy products and status symbols.
- Dig into the logistics of product delivery.
- Move fast when a story breaks and go deep when the moment calls for it.
- Write clearly and stylishly on a deadline.
- At times include night, early-morning, and weekend work.
Requirements
- Substantial experience as a reporter for general-interest publications.
- Deep interest in consumerism and an understanding of how to translate compelling ideas into deftly reported and beautifully written stories.
- High standards for quality and accuracy.
- Facility with the ethics and rigors of journalism.
- Deep familiarity with The Atlantic.
- A great eye for spotting trends and a healthy skepticism about them.
- Ability to work quickly, meet deadlines, and switch gears as needed.
- Interest in and openness to a wide variety of views and perspectives.
- Desire to write frequently, with authority and humor.
- Successful completion of reference checks.
- Compliance with The Atlantic's COVID-19 vaccination policy.
Skills
- Magazine journalism
- Reporting
- Storytelling
- Trend analysis
- Writing
- Deadline management
- Adaptability
Location
- New York City
- Washington, D.C.
- Remote
Work Type
- Guild position
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Substantial experience as a reporter
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.