Freelance Writer

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Freelance Writer creating engaging sports and culture content for Outkick.com. Covering sports stories swiftly while collaborating with editors and fellow writers in a remote environment.

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

Requirements:

  • 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