News & Copy Editor
Mercor · 100% remote · Contract · Posted
- Pay
- $70–75/hr
- Location
- Worldwide
- Languages
- English
- Hours
- 5 hours/day, 5 business days pilot
- Openings
- Not listed
- Level
- Experienced
Summary
Review paired AI-generated news and copy writing, judge for factual accuracy and lead quality, select preferred samples, and apply tags.
What you'll do
- Review paired AI-generated news/copy writing against brief and guide
- Judge for factual accuracy, hedging, and buried leads
- Select a preferred sample
- Write a one-line reason
- Apply tags
- Clear the calibration gate
Requirements
- Have desk or copy editing experience at a major news organization
- Cut copy to the point on deadline
- Catch factual slips or buried leads on first read
Skills
- Copy Editing
- News Writing
- Fact-Checking
- Editorial Judgment
- Deadline Management
Full description
What you’ll do: review paired AI-generated news/copy writing against the task brief and writing guide; judge for factual accuracy, hedging, and buried leads; select a preferred sample, write a one-line reason, apply tags; clear the calibration gate before live data.
Background: desk or copy editing experience at a major news organization; comfortable cutting copy to the point on deadline; catches a factual slip or buried lead on the first read.
Schedule: 5 hours/day, 5 business days for the pilot, ramping into an ongoing month-to-month engagement.
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