Freelance Junior Journalist – AI Trainer

Mindrift; South Carolina; Remote; USD 25,000 - 41,000; Part time

Job summary

Mindrift connects specialists with project-based AI opportunities for leading tech companies, focused on testing, evaluating, and improving AI systems. As an AI Trainer – Junior Journalist, you’ll train models by crafting text that teaches AI reasoning, clarity, and nuance.

This is a part-time, non-permanent project. You’ll review guidelines, generate prompts, and help define scoring criteria to assess AI responses.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, Linguistics, Literature, or Education.
• 1+ year of professional experience in Journalism/PR with strong critical‑thinking and English writing.
• Strong written English (C1/C2).
• Stable internet connection.

Responsibilities

• Craft original, clear, and fact-checked responses based on project guidelines.
• Generate prompts that challenge AI.
• Define comprehensive scoring criteria to evaluate the accuracy of the AI’s answers.
• Follow style and quality standards to ensure consistency.

Skills

Strong English

Critical thinking

Text analysis

Education

Journalism degree

Job description

Please submit your resume in English and indicate your level of English proficiency.

Mindrift connects specialists with project-based AI opportunities for leading tech companies, focused on testing, evaluating, and improving AI systems.

Participation isproject-based, not permanent employment.

What This Opportunity Involves

As an AI Trainer – Junior Journalist, your work will help train AI models, shaping how they understand and generate human-like text. This isn’t just traditional writing—you’ll be crafting text that teaches AI reasoning, logic accuracy, nuance, and clarity.

While each project involves unique tasks, contributors may:

• Craft original, clear, and fact-checked responses based on project guidelines.


• Generate prompts that challenge AI.


• Define comprehensive scoring criteria to evaluate the accuracy of the AI’s answers.


• Follow style and quality standards to ensure consistency

What We Look For

This opportunity is a good fit if you are seeking for open to part-time, non-permanent projects. Ideally, contributors will have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Communications, Linguistics, Literature, or Education to ensure a strong understanding of grammar and stylistic features;


• At least 1 year of professional experience in Journalism, Communications, PR, etc., with strong skills in critical thinking and working with text in English language;


• Strong written English (C1/C2);


• Stable internet connection.

How It Works

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Project time expectations

For this project, tasks are estimated to require around 10-20 hours per week during active phases, based on project requirements. This is an estimate, not a guaranteed workload, and applies only while the project is active.

Compensation

On this project, contributors can earn up to $30 per hour equivalent , depending on their level and pace of contribution.

Compensation varies across projects depending on scope, complexity, and required expertise. Please note that other projects on the platform may offer different earning levels based on their requirements.