The Michigan Flyover is part of a family of email news publications that covers a wide range of news for over 1,000,000 Americans.
We’re looking for a sharp writer to create the content for The Michigan Flyover, and we prefer candidates who live in MI.
This is a remote role that comes with a salary of $60k-$70k, health insurance 100% covered by the employer, a retirement match, and flexible time off.
Your typical schedule will be Sunday-Thursday.
Responsibilities
Story Selection
You’ll be choosing stories to write about and sources to reference, with the input of an Editor. These decisions will be guided by the overall content strategy and based on previous engagement.
Copywriting
You’ll be writing copy for The Michigan Flyover, as well as other publications as-needed, and you’ll work with your editor to develop and maintain a writing voice that matches the larger content strategy. This will involve final edits and revisions aimed at creating a consistent product.
Requirements
Exceptional writing and editing skills. This role requires more than a “competent” writer; you’ll need to adopt The Flyover’s tone and write clear, direct prose. We need someone with the natural ability to sniff out confusion, cringe, mistakes, and anything else that lowers our quality level. Finally, you’ll need to do all this at a reasonable clip and keep our processes on schedule.
News judgment. Story selection is a huge part of the role, and you’ll need the ability to sift through the day’s news and decide which stories are most interesting and fit our brand. Additionally, you need the ability to identify the “big idea” in a story and distil it down into a brief paragraph.
Basic technical competence. This role requires a quick & confident PC user. The technical learning curve is shallow, but it requires someone who is generally comfortable with computer usage and is willing to learn new things.
Unique Considerations
We are a small business, and we need folks with “all-in” attitudes that are flexible, easy to get along with, and willing to jump in to do whatever it takes to get a quality product out the door.
Our Monday editions require our writers and editors to be available on Sundays. Some of the work can be done ahead of time, allowing you to get started later than on other days, but Sunday will still be a workday for you.
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