Podcast Host, Icymi

Slate is looking for a co-host for ICYMI, our popular twice-weekly podcast about internet culture.  The ideal candidate is a great talker, reporter, and explainer who lives on and for the internet. Do you know which TikTokkers got their start on Vine? Do you see a difference between influencers and content creators? Can you explain important internet moments that are examples of why we miss Twitter? If you can answer those questions in a way that’s engaging to normies and the Extremely Online alike, we want to hear from you.   Slate welcomes candidates with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. The position can be located in New York or D.C. This is a position covered under a collective bargaining agreement between Slate and the Writers Guild of America East.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with a small team to create a twice-weekly show that skillfully covers internet culture with nuance, humor, and journalistic rigor
• Engage deeply with the internet, especially social media, and look to understand it from a digitally native perspective
• Meet multiple deadlines weekly
• Work closely with the producing team to cultivate a recurring roster of guests and segments
• Script episodes with your co-host, with research and booking support from the production team

Key Requirements and Qualifications

• Ability to identify interesting stories, trends, etc. from all corners of the internet
• Smart, funny, engaging on-mic presence
• Collaborative spirit
• Reporting skills and experience
• Ability to work on deadline
• Comfortable expressing nuanced opinions

Application Requirements

• Please send a résumé, a cover letter, and a link to something you’ve written or made (ideally something about the internet, or in audio form, or even both).