Staff Writer

Job Description:

• Cover Americans’ changing health habits
• Examine the country’s virtues and vices related to eating well, exercising, sleeping, smoking, drinking, and indulgence
• Go beyond service-style analysis or debunking to examine the changing definition of a healthy life in the United States
• Monitor emerging developments in health and wellness
• Assess claims from experts and self-anointed experts seeking influence
• Parse scientific research and report on shifting policies
• Access and develop relationships with influential figures and sources
• Generate and pitch story ideas
• Report on pressing news and produce landmark longer-term projects
• Contribute to major topics and news events

Requirements:

• Substantial experience reporting and writing for a broad audience on topics related to health, wellness, and/or science
• Track record of developing sources, identifying emergent trends, and leading the national conversation on health topics
• Fluency in scientific principles and superior ability to assess the quality of scientific research
• Exceptional writing skills and magazine sensibilities
• Abundance of story ideas, eagerness to pitch, and hunger to weigh in on major topics and news events
• Ability to balance reporting on pressing news with landmark longer-term projects
• Must be able to work nights, early mornings, and weekends at times
• Successful completion of reference checks
• Compliance with The Atlantic's COVID-19 vaccination policy and submission of proof of vaccination status

Benefits:

• Equal Opportunity Employer
• COVID-19 vaccination policy; employees must be vaccinated against COVID-19, including subsequent boosters, with accommodations available for disability/medical contraindication or sincerely held religious belief