News Editor - Accuracy Specialist

Mercor; New York (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercor is seeking a meticulous reviewer to assess AI-generated news and copy against briefs and writing guides. You will judge factual accuracy, hedging, and buried leads, selecting the preferred sample and providing a concise rationale with tags. The role includes completing the calibration gate before live data.

The schedule starts with a 5-hour-per-day, 5-business-day pilot, then transitions to an ongoing month-to-month engagement based on performance and needs.

Qualifications

• Desk or copy editing experience at a major news organization.
• Comfortable cutting copy to the point on deadline.
• Catches a factual slip or buried lead on the first read.

Responsibilities

• Review paired AI-generated news/copy writing against the task brief and writing guide.
• Judge for factual accuracy, hedging, and buried leads.
• Select a preferred sample, write a one-line reason, apply tags; clear the calibration gate before live data.

Job description

What you’ll do: review paired AI-generated news/copy writing against the task brief and writing guide; judge for factual accuracy, hedging, and buried leads; select a preferred sample, write a one-line reason, apply tags; clear the calibration gate before live data.

Background: desk or copy editing experience at a major news organization; comfortable cutting copy to the point on deadline; catches a factual slip or buried lead on the first read.

Schedule: 5 hours/day, 5 business days for the pilot, ramping into an ongoing month-to-month engagement.