WNV is hiring an Interviews Writer

Waging Nonviolence is hiring a writer to interview leading movement figures and analysts and produce one Q&A-style article per week. 

The writer will work with our small editorial team to identify the interview subject each week. For the most part, we’ll be looking to hear from activists, organizers and scholars who can shed light on movements that are currently making news. However, we’re also interested in interviewing historical figures, as well as authors, filmmakers and other creatives whose work pertains to social movements.

In short, the Interviews Writer should be someone who can identify compelling people to interview and facilitate engaging conversations that take readers behind the scenes of movement organizing. While most media focus on why protests are happening, our stories seek to uncover the how. 

Each Q&A produced by the writer should include a brief introduction and be in the 1,500-word range. (Check out a few of our Q&As to see our general style.) We will provide access to an automated transcription service.

This is a remote (US-based) position that pays $150 per story, starting July 1. There will be a brief trial period, but otherwise the position is guaranteed through the end of 2023.

Requirements

• Some journalism experience, particularly with interviews
• Excellent writing skills; able to turn in clean, publishable copy
• Dependable and deadline-driven
• Attention to detail, able to check facts
• Able to respond quickly over email when working on stories
• Able to pitch one or more interviews per week
• Already following a wide variety of movement organizations and voices
• Fully-engaged with the news media landscape, particularly progressive media
• Passionate about movements organizing for peace and justice
• Well versed in a range of social justice issues, with an appreciation for their intersectionality
• Able to thrive in a collaborative environment
• Able to take initiative and independently fulfill responsibilities
• Able to identify trending topics and conversations within movement organizing spaces
• Experience working with Word and Google Docs

Preferred

• Experience with social listening tools
• Established connections to the groups, activists and communities at the forefront of movement organizing
• Knowledgeable on the history, theories, strategies and tactics of civil resistance/nonviolent action
• Able to work consistent hours/days each week

How to apply

To apply, please fill out this form before Monday, June 12, 2023.

Who we are

Since our founding in 2009, Waging Nonviolence has become the leading source for news, analysis and original reporting on social movements around the world. We cover a range of social, economic and environmental justice issues — highlighting the strategies and tactics movements use to generate social change. We have been called “an indispensable platform for exploring creative and strategic resistance” by journalist Naomi Klein, and “the essential journalistic resource on civil resistance” by Harvard political scientist Erica Chenoweth.

Waging Nonviolence is committed to diversity and is especially interested in hiring members of underrepresented communities, including women, people of color, LGBTQ people, and people with disabilities.

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