Food Writer

LINK Media; Covington (KY); Remote; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

LINK Media is seeking a Contributor passionate about food, specifically in Northern Kentucky. This role requires strong writing skills and multimedia knowledge to create engaging stories about local dining experiences, while being part of a startup environment that values flexibility and teamwork.

Benefits

Bi-weekly pay for published stories

Editorial support for growth

Flexibility in working hours

Opportunities for advancement

Qualifications

• Experience in writing, particularly food writing preferred.
• Strong writing and speaking skills essential.
• Ability to handle multimedia formats like audio and video.

Responsibilities

• Manage assigned stories and pitch additional ones.
• Publish digital reports and creative stories.
• Maintain notes and recordings for story development.

Skills

Writing skills

Food writing experience

Multimedia knowledge

Education

Experience or education as writer

Job description

LINK Media is looking for aContributorto write about food in Northern Kentucky. Not a restaurant reviewer, but someone who loves food, loves NKY and can write well about restaurants, bars, creamy whips, and probably chili. We're a startup, so everyone we engage is a critical part of the team, and must be willing to work quickly, accept that we don't have everything figured out, remain flexible, and above all else, understand that what we are creating is bigger than any one person, or personality.

Per-story compensation negotiable based on experience and availability.

What We Expect from You:

• Manage assigned stories and enterprise/pitch additional stories in your areas of interest
• Publish digital and multimedia reports and creative stories
• Accept assignments and follow up on tips
• Strong journalistic integrity and creativity
• Maintain notes and audio recordings from stories/sources for review when necessary
• Work in collaboration with digital editor and executive editor

Skills We Need You to Have:

• Experience or education as writer, food writing experience preferred
• Strong writing and speaking skills
• Multimedia knowledge (websites, photo, audio, video editing)

What You Can Expect from Us:

• Bi-weekly pay for stories published
• Editorial support and management to help you grow as a writer
• Flexibility - write for us without having to keep full-time hours
• Opportunities for growth and advancement, if you want them

You'll Need to Share Our Mission and Uphold Our Guiding Principles

Mission: LINK Media advances Northern Kentucky in the region, the commonwealth and the nation by providing transformative coverage of the news of the day with focus on the deeper issues that matter most to our community.

Guiding Principles:

We are:

Solutions-Focused: We don’t just report the news of the day. We dig deeper, informing our audience about how our community might solve its biggest issues.

Unapologetic NKY Fans: We believe in this community—in what it is today, and what it has the potential to become. We want to see this community advance, and we understand the part that we play in that advancement.

Inclusive: We explore the issues that affect all of Northern Kentucky, and give a voice to the diverse corners of our community, whether that diversity is economic, political, geographic or otherwise.

Good Stewards: It is our responsibility to make good use of our resources and to maintain a sustainable business model, so that we may serve the community long into the future.

Independent: We do not make endorsements, or publish our own opinions, about the issues that are facing Northern Kentucky. In addition to our reporting, outside opinions from multiple viewpoints will be sought, and clearly marked as such, in order to provide the robust debate that our community needs to make critical decisions about our collective future.