Wanted: News Writers

Award-winning progressive news and opinion site announces call for socially conscious news writers.

The New Civil Rights Movement, an award-winning news and opinion media organization focused on progressive politics and civil rights, is looking for freelance writers to join our esteemed and accomplished team. Now in our seventh year, we’re proud to be one of the fastest-growing news sites of our kind, with a reach of over two million intelligent, influential, and politically-active readers monthly, and up to eight million weekly via social media.

Are you a news junkie? Do you often find stories today that everyone else is reading tomorrow? Are you passionate about civil rights, same-sex marriage, voting rights, women’s rights, immigration, climate change, race relations, income inequality, gun control and progressive politics across the local, state, and national level? Are you an excellent writer who has experience working in online news media organizations? Can you write at least four strong, well-sourced, interesting, informative, accurate, and highly-readable articles a week?

If so, we want to talk with you!

We’re looking for news writers who can do quick turn-around on important, fast-paced, and breaking stories. A NCRM news writer generally takes assignments from the NCRM editor, although they are welcome to pitch stories as well.

The New Civil Rights Movement is a three-time GLAAD Media Award nominee and the 2014 winner for Outstanding Blog. We are regularly quoted by and linked to in the mainstream media, and we’re a highly-respected voice in progressive politics and the LGBT news media. 

Our totally redesigned website allows us to communicate more intimately and seamlessly, empower and motivate more quickly, and engage more actively with our readers. We’re also able to organize and unite around our mission of securing and expanding civil rights for more minority and under-served communities.

The New Civil Rights Movement is proud of our long history of delivering accurate and important news stories at breaking-news speed, and our strong history of analysis and providing context for critical issues in a timely manner.

This is not a call for op-ed or opinion writers. This is a call for writers who can source and turn around breaking news and news of-the-day before it hits the mainstream news outlets. 

Send us:

• Your résumé 
• Links to the best three stories you’ve written
• A short (300 words or less) note or essay explaining why you would be a good fit at The New Civil Rights Movement
• A link to your main online presence — such as your personal/professional website
• Feel free to include links to your Twitter, Facebook, or other social media pages

Email us: editor at thenewcivilrightsmovement.com. Please write “Freelance” in the subject line so we don’t miss your email.

Be sure to include your resume, links to three articles you’ve written, a link to your main online presence — such as your personal/professional website — and to your Twitter, Facebook, and other social media pages, and your short essay.

We’ll do our best to respond, but please understand we’re a small group and we cannot promise we’ll be able to get back to everyone.

 

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