Senior Correspondent, Discourse

Business Insider is hiring a Senior Correspondent with deep-subject area expertise in tech issues to join our Discourse Team and analyze and illuminate the day's events in one of our core areas of coverage.

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The Role & Team:

This position will play a key role in Business Insider's renewed focus on business, tech, and innovation. The correspondent's work will be featured prominently on the site's homepage, newsletters, push alerts, and social media.

Each week, the correspondent will write two to three explainers that unpack and explore the news cycle's most interesting and urgent topics in tech, from Elon Musk's latest moves to the ongoing emergence of AI. Stories will answer pressing questions and make bold arguments that change the way our audience views the forces that are shaping our world. The subjects will be topical; the tone will be smart, curious, and thought-provoking. The correspondent is not an opinion writer; rather, they are skilled at pointing out fascinating details and connecting the dots in a way that leaves our readers with stronger opinions or forces them to look at the day or week's events in a whole new light.

Ideal candidates are talented and experienced writers; the kind of people who read a news article and have something to say about it that they think everyone else will want to hear. They possess this ability because they are incredibly well-read and sharp at framing issues in ways that others have overlooked. They relish diving into the national conversation quickly and seeking to alter its course in real time, with fresh and compelling perspectives.

This role reports to our Deputy Editor, Discourse and is available in any US time zone. role is a union eligible position.

Key responsibilities:

• Write two to three posts each week, usually ranging from 500 to 1,500 words, that aim to engage our readers with fascinating and unexpected arguments
• Generate post ideas quickly and independently
• Deliver clean, accurate, and engaging copy for edits
• Work with the audience team to help drive engagement with BI's most loyal readers
  
  

The ideal Candidate Has:

• Big ideas on the day's most pressing topics and trends
• A deep knowledge of the tech industry, players, and issues
• The ability to pitch and craft engrossing, must-read articles at a quick pace
• The ability to translate complex ideas for a broad and diverse audience
• A proven track record writing explainers that spark conversation
• An excitement to understand audience trends and pivot accordingly
• Effective collaboration skills and is always respectful with others
  
  

Salary & Benefits:

• Base salary: $125,000 - $180,000 USD (dependent on skills, experience, and competencies)
• Unlimited PTO, 10 paid holidays, and 16 weeks of parental leave
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
• Matched and vested 401k plan
• Access to resources for financial planning guidance, family planning services, mental health reachout and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
• Additional benefits include commuter benefits, phone reimbursement, gym membership discounts, and more
  
  

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About Business Insider:

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