We’re hiring!
Jobs at The Examination
Fearless accountability journalism on the global health beat
The Examination is a start-up nonprofit newsroom telling vital stories on the global public health beat. Our reporting illuminates the ways corporate practices and profit-seeking contribute to preventable health crises, and elevates the voices of marginalized communities most harmed.
Launching later this year, we strive to produce fact-driven journalism that demands change, and saves lives. Our beats include tobacco, industrialized food, and polluting industries, which we will cover in partnership with collaborating journalists around the world.
We need help to meet our ambitious goals and are hiring for positions across our growing virtual newsroom.
Current job openings:
The Examination is a fully remote newsroom with excellent health and retirement benefits, a generous vacation and paid leave policy and a commitment to invest in the careers of the journalists on our staff.
We are an equal opportunity employer and have zero tolerance for discrimination or harassment of any kind. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age or any other status protected under applicable law.
People of color, people with disabilities, immigrants, LGBTQ+ people and those with experiences in the communities we cover are strongly encouraged to apply.
These positions are envisioned to be based in the United States, but if you live elsewhere in the world and feel you are otherwise well-qualified, we welcome you to apply. Please note that the terms of engagement may change depending on the country of residence.
If these jobs aren’t the right fit for you, but you want to work with The Examination to tell vital stories on the global public health beat, please get in touch at work@theexamination.org.
We are also accepting pitches from freelancers and news partners.
Reporting that makes a difference
The Examination was founded with the understanding that the people of the world do not experience health crises equally, with tens of millions of preventable deaths and illnesses disproportionately concentrated in marginalized communities that can least bear the cost. Our reporting seeks to define, describe and even begin to close this inequity gap, exposing those most responsible — and elevating the voices of those most harmed.
Industries with direct roles in damaging the health of communities will be the primary focus at the outset. The Examination will also explore the ways these entities manipulate rules and regulations to their benefit, market their products and whitewash the harms they cause.
Why we exist: health inequity on a global scale
People in poor communities die younger than those who live in more prosperous ones. They are more likely to drink tainted water, breathe dirty air and live on poisoned land. They are more vulnerable to diseases caused by polluting industries, from plastics to coal to big agriculture. They are more likely to subsist on high-sugar, low-nutrition diets; and they are more likely to be a target of marketing campaigns touting dangerous products.
The toll of this health inequity crisis, in human terms, is immense. Millions die each year from preventable diseases; vast numbers more suffer short and long-term health damage, from cancer to asthma, emphysema, diabetes and other debilitating maladies. Sicknesses linger for years, even decades, weakening families and bankrupting household budgets. At the national level, trillions of dollars that could fund roads or education instead pay for environmental cleanup or caring for the ill.
There is a critical lack of reporting that addresses these crises. Our journalism seeks to fill the information and accountability gap.
Who we are
The Examination will be led by experienced journalists who have seen firsthand the power of investigative reporting to right wrongs and change lives.
We are fully remote, but also aware of the challenges that face a distributed news team. The team will meet in person as often as is feasible and seek to find other ways to build relationships and foster a positive workplace culture.
