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<p><strong>Staff Writer, Motherboard</strong></p>
<p><strong>About VICE</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">An international media company that captures people at the heart of stories, and focuses on the ideas, issues, and context that other outlets miss. Launched in 1994, VICE operates in 35 cities across the globe, making 1500 pieces of content every day with a focus on five lines of business: VICE Digital, an award-winning international network of digital content; VICE STUDIOS, a feature film and television production studio; VICELAND, an Emmy-winning international television network; a Peabody award-winning NEWS division; and VIRTUE, a global, full-service creative agency with 26 offices around the world.</span></p>
<p><strong>VICE x Team</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Motherboard</strong> is VICE’s science and technology site.  Launched by VICE in 2009, Motherboard reports on the companies and people who are working to build a better future—and those who are threatening it. Our team has the ability to find insightful, unique, or otherwise exclusive stories that are essential to our success. With an understanding of what makes a Motherboard story, we bring a fresh perspective to help in our mission of explaining the futures around us. The Staff Writer role is designed to help ensure Motherboard has a topic area covered in an authoritative fashion so that we stand out above the fray</span></p>
<p><strong>Role x You</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">You are a motivated and talented reporter who is interested in covering a wide variety of topics we care about. You have an interest in how Silicon Valley is shaping our culture and politics and should be interested in how systemic inequality, algorithmic bias, and surveillance capitalism impact privacy, civil liberties, and opportunity. You are reporting on the culture of technical communities, including the open-source, programming, and cybersecurity communities. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Staff Writers are expected to develop high-impact coverage across a beat or set of beat, and develop sourcing and readership in their beat with a calculated approach to format and reporting, with a mix of blogging, longer-lead reporting, and enterprise work.</span></p>
<p><strong>Qualifications</strong></p>
<p><strong>You have these:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">Staff writers must also be extremely sensitive to how well their stories are resonating within their beats, as well as ensuring that they are not </span></strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">ignoring key issues in their sphere of coverage. </span></li>
<li>Generate scoops, break news, and comment on ongoing news events in their beat, with the goal of having these stories ladder up into longer investigative and narrative features.</li>
<li>Staff writers have a general knowledge of the wide range of topics Motherboard covers, but will also likely specialize in a few core beats under the guidance of Motherboard's editorial leaders. </li>
<li>You are excited about telling stories in multimedia formats and should be able to report stories that could also work as podcasts or video documentaries. </li>
<li>You should be willing to delve deep into the communities that Motherboard covers. </li>
<li>Most importantly, we're looking for an energetic, hardworking journalist who is committed to doing the forward-thinking reporting Motherboard is known for.</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>We’d love if you also had these:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Alternatively, you can write about how capitalism is driving climate change and a strong grasp of the underlying scientific concepts. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">You feel comfortable talking to scientists and reading scientific papers. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">You an interest in reporting and publishing scoops and other exclusive coverage. They should also have strong writing and source management and protection skills. </span></li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Basically, if you have expertise in a Motherboard coverage area, you should apply and make that expertise clear in your application. </span></li>
</ul>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We want to find people who believe in our goals and feel inspired enough to grow while they’re here to fill the role, rather than someone who checks the boxes but isn’t invested. We encourage you to apply and show us what you’ve got. To learn more read the</span><a href="https://viceguideto.vice.com/"> <strong>VICE Guide to VICE</strong></a></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Qualified candidates must be able to perform the essential functions of this position satisfactorily, with or without reasonable accommodation.   The requirements and essential functions described above are not an exhaustive list and instead are meant to describe the general nature and level of work required of the job.  VICE reserves the right to modify the essential functions of this position where a legitimate business exists.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you require reasonable accommodation during the application and selection process, please let us know.  We will work together to best meet your needs.</span></p>
<p><strong>Working at VICE</strong></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">VICE offers comprehensive benefits and compensation package that is commensurate with experience and abilities. <strong>VICE editorial staff is represented by the </strong></span><strong>Writer’s Guild of America East</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, a labor union representing writers in motion pictures, television, cable, digital media, and broadcast news.  </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Additional VICE benefits include but are not limited to trans-inclusive benefits, fertility benefits, and tuition reimbursement. We also have dog-friendly days, bagel Fridays, and the occasional drag show in our conveniently located Williamsburg office. Day-to-day you can enjoy a rooftop garden full of edible produce (in the summer), beverages, healthy snacks and the opportunity to make the work of a lifetime if you’re into that sort of thing, which we hope you are.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">VICE prioritizes the ideas and people that other media companies miss. We believe that innovation is a direct result of diverse, inclusive cultures so we don’t just “tolerate” differences, we celebrate it and see it as essential to our staff, culture, and business.</span></p>
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