Freelance Writer Job at Fox Corporation, Remote

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  • Fox Corporation
  • Remote

Job Description

OVERVIEW OF THE COMPANY

Outkick

OutKick is a cutting-edge national multimedia platform that produces and distributes engaging content at the intersection of sports news, sports culture and pop culture. OutKick’s stable of reporters, hosts and contributors are accessible on OutKick.com as well as across video livestreams, social media, podcasts, and radio, reaching tens of millions of fans each month. Owned by FOX Corporation, Outkick was originally founded by Clay Travis. For more information, please visit

JOB DESCRIPTION

Outkick.com is looking for an experienced Freelance Writer to join our team. You have experience in journalism with an eye for breaking and compelling sports and culture stories to serve the Outkick.com audience. You “live and breathe” sports, news, and pop culture stories. You consume content from a wide variety of sources and are constantly thinking of how to advance and give new twists to compelling stories. You are able to write and produce stories efficiently. You are familiar with Outkick.com and feel your style and sensibilities fit well with what makes Outkick.com unique in the sports media landscape. 

**You MUST include a cover letter to express why you are interested in this particular role.**

A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Cover sports, sports culture, and pop culture stories. Writing quickly, precisely, creatively, and edgy to help solidify and grow Outkick.com as a destination website for the American Sports fan
  • Identify and source national and international sports media stories that resonate with Outkick.com’s audience, aggregating with complete and proper attribution
  • Pursue original and exclusive stories through close contact with sources
  • Present all stories, original, breaking, and aggregated, in an accessible, consistent, and compelling style
  • Collaborate and communicate closely and consistently with editors, fellow writers, and reporters

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

  • 2+ years of experience covering and writing in a news/sports news environment
  • Strong writing skills
  • Strong self-motivation to produce engaging and well-read content consistently, despite the remote work environment
  • Firm grasp of current events and a desire to be precise, quick and accurate in presenting stories to the enthusiastic Outkick.com audience
  • Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment and work under pressure, despite this being a role where you will be working remotely 

Job Tags

Remote work,

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