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News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists

Mercor · Remote - United States · Contract · 2026-08-21

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Job description

**About the Role**

Mercor is hiring experienced **News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists** to help evaluate and improve cutting-edge AI systems. In this role, you'll evaluate AI-generated news content and workflows, leveraging your real-world expertise in reporting, news analysis, and editorial judgment across print and broadcast media.

**Key Responsibilities**

- Evaluate AI-generated news stories, analyses, scripts, and other journalistic artifacts for quality and accuracy.

- Compare AI-generated responses head-to-head based on reporting rigor, editorial soundness, and clarity of narration.

- Review journalistic scenarios involving story selection, source evaluation, fact interpretation, and presentation choices and provide expert feedback.

**Required Qualifications**

- **4+ years** of experience as a Reporter, News Reporter, News Anchor, Staff Writer, Journalist, or another closely related news or journalism role.

- Experience writing, narrating, or analyzing news stories, reviews, or commentary for print, broadcast, or other communications media.

- Ability to commit **20+ hours per week**.

- Strong written English communication skills.

**Additional Information**

- Start date: Immediate

- Duration: Approximately 4–6 weeks

- Payment: task-based (payment upon first task approval). Experts who complete their first task within the required timeline will then be qualified to be paid hourly for the remainder of the project.