MIT Tech Review seeks an AI reporter

MIT Technology Review is seeking an ambitious technology reporter to join our team of award-winning journalists to cover artificial intelligence. The reporter will cover company news, cutting edge advancements in the field, policy developments and legislation, and misuses and abuses of the technology.  The reporter should have a robust network of sources, and a demonstrated ability to own a beat and break news. And given the current state of the industry, the ability to cut through hype is a must.

The reporter’s coverage should combine scoops, deep enterprise reporting, timely stories about major news events, and sharp analysis. The successful candidate will bring curiosity and rigor to their reporting. They will possess an understanding of both the technologies they cover, and the businesses and people attempting to commercialize them. They will be excited about the promise AI offers to change the world, while remaining skeptical of claims until they are proved out.

We’ve been making concerted efforts to make our newsroom more diverse and inclusive (ask us about them!) and we’re always trying to do better. We think technology coverage benefits from a critical outsider’s perspective, and so we especially welcome applications from women, people of color, and other groups underrepresented in the world of tech.

If this sounds exciting but you’re not sure you fit the bill, reach out anyway: email editorialjobs@technologyreview.com with “AI reporting role” in the subject line, a few words about yourself (what skills would you bring that we just haven’t thought of?) and a couple of questions to get a sense of whether this might be for you.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities (Essential Functions**):

• Produce a steady drumbeat of stories that break news and cover the major events on your beat. These should be a mix of incremental news, scoops, and enterprise coverage.
• Pitch a mix of shorter and feature stories on your beat for the magazine.
• Write in a clear, engaging, insightful and compelling way, making skilled and creative use of storytelling techniques, including the various forms enabled by digital media.
• Be an original thinker on your topic area, proposing new approaches to and themes of coverage.
• Work in close collaboration with colleagues in other departments (such as events) and oversee other content relevant to your coverage area, ensuring the highest journalistic standards.
• Play a major role in the conception, planning, and assigning of themed print issues when these are on a topic within your beat
• Represent MITTR at conferences, in the press, and to audiences or communities TR wants to reach who have a special interest in that topic.

Supervision Received: The AI reporter will report to a desk editor and executive editor, newsroom. They will work alongside colleagues in other beats. Deliverables are reviewed against short-term objectives.

To apply, go here.