WHO WE ARE

The Verge is an ambitious multimedia effort founded in 2011 to examine how technology will change life in the future for a massive mainstream audience.

The Verge is part of Vox Media, the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about what's now, what's next, and what's possible.

As a community of journalists and storytellers, business professionals, creators and technologists, we believe it is a moral and business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusion throughout our organization and media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, and our platforms, products, and partnerships.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

You'll help drive our coverage around artificial intelligence. As Hollywood grinds to a halt, the US stock market stalls, and seemingly every company, tech or otherwise, races to adopt language models and image generators, AI has become one of the most important beats of 2023. You'll break down the biggest AI concepts for our readers, deploy a healthy dose of skepticism to puncture excessive hype, and explore the ethics of this technology as well as the extraordinary outcomes it engenders. You'll work closely with our tech and policy editors to cover AI and the way it's transforming our world.

You responsibilities will include:

• Developing your beat with coverage from news hits to larger reports and analysis. Daily news writing is a must.
• Develop sources in the communities being affected by AI and with the companies and activists working for better AI policy, as well as people using AI tools.
• Proactively pitch news and analysis, and help vet stories around AI.
• Help us maintain our collaborative and ambitious team culture.

WHO YOU ARE

You're an eager reporter with experience on the AI beat, covering both technical and cultural knowledge. You know what the size of a language model's context window is measured in. You're familiar with the Shoggoth meme and takeoff timelines. You've covered some of the biggest players in the space, like OpenAI and Stability AI, but also know how to navigate the Discords and subreddits where developers are tinkering with leaked weights.

Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of artificial intelligence and AI policy.
• A growing roster of contacts in the AI community.
• Strong writing skills, including the ability to identify compelling angles and develop them effectively

In your cover letter, please describe what excites you most about covering AI.

If you think you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job posting, please apply with a cover letter to let us know how you believe you can bring your unique skills to the Vox Media team or get in touch! We've hired chefs who became editors, DJs who became UX designers, and sommeliers who became writers.

WHERE YOU'LL WORK

This job is remote. We're dedicated to the health and wellbeing of all of our employees, and when we reopen, will require everyone who works from one of our offices to be fully-vaccinated against COVID-19. Employees with approved religious or medical exemptions may be subject to additional safety requirements, such as submitting to regular COVID-19 testing and/or wearing a face covering in our offices.

WHY VOX MEDIA?

WHAT WE OFFER

This is a full-time 6 month temporary position. This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life. You can find more information about our benefits here.

This role is a part of the Vox Media Union, represented by the Writers Guild of America, East

OUR DEI+ COMMITMENT

Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can show up as their authentic selves and create their best work. We recognize that great stories, platforms, products and services come from people with all manner of backgrounds and experiences. We recognize that our commitments require ongoing work and sustained attention, as well as adaptation to new insights and best practices. We keep our diversity data public for the sake of accountability, transparency and communication. Learn more about our values here, and our approach to corporate citizenship here.

Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. Vox Media will also consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable Fair Chance laws. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations as part of the application process to candidates with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact our People & Culture team ([email protected]).

WHAT COMES NEXT

Our recruiting team will go through applications in a timely manner. Please note that our recruiting team will only contact you from @voxmedia.com email addresses, never via text message. Read more about how our recruiting team operates, and how to protect yourself from recruitment fraud, here.