Sports and Culture Writer

This is a Freelance Job

You MUST include a cover letter to express why you are interested in this particular role.

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
• Cover sports, sports culture, and pop culture stories. Writing quickly, precisely, creatively, and edgy to help solidify and grow Outkick.com as a destination website for the American Sports fan
• Identify and source national and international sports media stories that resonate with Outkick.com's audience, aggregating with complete and proper attribution
• Pursue original and exclusive stories through close contact with sources
• Present all stories, original, breaking, and aggregated, in an accessible, consistent, and compelling style
• Collaborate and communicate closely and consistently with editors, fellow writers, and reporters
• WHAT YOU WILL NEED
• 2+ years of experience covering and writing in a news/sports news environment
• Strong writing skills
• Strong self-motivation to produce engaging and well-read content consistently, despite the remote work environment
• Firm grasp of current events and a desire to be precise, quick and accurate in presenting stories to the enthusiastic Outkick.com audience
• Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment and work under pressure, despite this being a role where you will be working remotely