Kotaku Staff Writer, News & Reviews

Posted: almost 4 years
Writing
Full-Time
G/O Media is the publisher of the web’s most original media brands, including Gizmodo, Kotaku, Lifehacker, Deadspin, Jezebel, Jalopnik, The Root, The Onion and The A.V. Club, and reaches over 120 million unique visitors a month—more than one-third of all Americans.  We connect with the young, diverse audiences that are shaping our future. Through fearless journalism, provoking comedy, and high-impact storytelling, we elevate the stories and issues our readers and viewers are passionate about. 


 About the Role:

Kotaku, our gaming news and tips site is seeking a Staff Writer. A Kotaku Staff Writer should urgently feel the need to tell the world about video games. He or she should be a curious, well-rounded person who has an insatiable appetite to play games, ask questions about them, report on them, and critique them. Working for Kotaku you'll have access to any video game you can think of and a chance to tell the stories that you think matter about games and gaming culture. If you get the job, your parents won't understand what you do for a living. Your nieces and nephews will think you get paid just to play video games (sure, kids, close enough). But what you'll actually have is a chance to write about video games every day and help shape the discussion about them.

This is an entry-level position preferably based in Kotaku's offices in New York City but also open to remotes. It is ideal for anyone sick of the freelance grind or simply looking to write about games for a very large readership at a site that is disinterested in hype, is firmly independent and is focused on telling interesting stories about games and the communities around them, including the growing culture of gaming on YouTube and Twitch. We're looking for people who don't necessarily fit the mold of what the gaming press "should" cover or care about. Gaming knowledge is a must, but knowledge about the rest of the world is important, too. In this role you will review games and do reporting about them. Video skills are desirable but not mandatory.

 
Things You Should Be:

  • An ambitious, bold writer who cares about video games
  • Ability to work well both independently and as part of a team, and to juggle multiple simultaneous projects with varying lead times
  • Knowledge and familiarity with online publishing tools
 

Please apply with a resume, cover letter, and answer the job-specific questions below. 

G/O Media is deeply committed to fostering a transparently inclusive workplace environment and people of color, women, people with disabilities, veterans and LGBTQ candidates are very strongly encouraged to apply. Our company-wide mission is to reach very diverse audiences and so, we are deeply committed to having teams and leaders that reflect this mission.

This position will be based in our New York office, but we're open to remote.

This is a position covered under the collective bargaining agreement with the WGA-E.

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About G/O Media

G/O Media is the publisher of the web’s most original media brands, including Gizmodo, Kotaku, Lifehacker, Deadspin, Jezebel, Jalopnik, The Root, The Onion and The A.V. Club, and reaches over 120 million unique visitors a month—more than one-third of all Americans.  We connect with the young, diverse audiences that are shaping our future. Through fearless journalism, provoking comedy, and high-impact storytelling, we elevate the stories and issues our readers and viewers are passionate about. 


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