Fellow, The Verge

Fellow, The Verge
at Vox Media, LLC
Remote (US Only)

Writers at The Verge cover the future at the intersection of technology,
science, and culture. As an essential voices fellow, you will work closely
with our news and reporting team, or our tech reviews team, to write stories
about how technology is changing life in the future. We are seeking to
broaden our staff and coverage by finding talented people with a diverse
range of experiences and perspectives. This is a hands-on fellowship where
you will publish stories on our front page alongside the rest of our staff.
Many of our fellows get their first story up within their first week. The
fellowship is a one-year, full-time, salaried position (with benefits).

As a fellow, you will learn how The Verge’s exciting modern newsroom
operates and have access to the same support and insight that we offer to all
of our writers. You’ll receive the same intensive training all of our
writers receive, and additional opportunities, like special seminars with our
editors on reporting tools and processes, funding to attend a professional
conference (such as conferences from the National Association of Black
Journalists, the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, SRCCON or
NICAR), and networking opportunities within Vox Media. You will also be able
to participate in skill shares, training, and mentorship opportunities with
the fellowship cohort from across the company, including fellows from Vox and
New York Magazine.

The Verge offers a welcoming and collaborative environment, especially for
new members of the team. You will be paired with an editorial mentor who will
help guide you, but you will have access to editors and reporters across the
team to learn from them and talk about stories.

At The Verge, we hire people not to keep our newsroom the same, but to change
it. We value a wide range of experiences and backgrounds. We’re looking for
emerging journalists or even people from outside of the media industry who
want to start a career in journalism. You will be encouraged to help us
expand our audience, challenge our assumptions, and leave your mark on our organization.

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
Embedding with our news team to write at least one story each day.
Writing and reporting in your area of interest and other coverage areas for
The Verge
Working with editors and reporters across our team to learn how our newsroom operates
Learn The Verge’s voice, editorial standards, and publishing processes, and
use those skills to publish stories on the site
Proactively think about stories that might be a fit for The Verge, and pitch
ideas to editors
Bringing your unique knowledge and perspective to our team

WHO YOU ARE
Passionate about the things The Verge covers, especially consumer technology
Committed to participating in Vox Media’s efforts to advance diversity,
equity, and inclusion
Curious with strong communication skills and the willingness to learn from others

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 permanent, full-time 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
(recruitment@voxmedia.com).