Insider essays editor

Insider is hiring an essays editor to bring smart, diverse voices to the site. This editor will help shape Insider’s voice by publishing stories with unique perspectives that get people talking. They have their finger on the pulse of popular culture and a knack for connecting writers and ideas.

This editor will solicit essays, columns, and reported stories with a personal element from freelancers and reporters in the newsroom.


Recent stories under this editor’s domain include I was 33, married, and ready for a baby — here's the painful truth about late term abortion, This photograph was the most agonizing thing I saw at Auschwitz, What it's like to have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, an illness that leaves you exhausted all the time, and An epic feast at a stranger's home in a remote town in Egypt is a perfect reminder of why I always say yes when I travel.

The ideal candidate has several years’ experience editing essays and stories for a digital publication. They have a deep network of top-notch freelance writers, and the innate ability to find great stories and make them sing.

Insider covers a broad array of subjects; this editor will primarily focus on health, parenting, fertility, pop culture and digital culture, entertainment, food, travel, and style.

Insider Inc. is the 5th most-read news publisher in the country. We're best known for Business Insider, but Insider also has 35 million monthly readers. We're the rare digital media company that has a successful, diversified, and sustainable business.

Please apply here with a resume and a short cover letter about why you're the one for the job, with links to 3 stories you've edited (or written).

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