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Bring your craft to project work
Independent producers, editors, researchers, and other specialists can apply for consideration on project-based assignments.
Open the official contributor applicationPrepare your application
The official application includes contact details, a résumé, and three written responses. Keep confidential source details out of your answers.
- Contact and work details
- Provide your name, email, and role. Location and a portfolio link are optional.
- Résumé
- Prepare a PDF or DOCX file up to 5 MB. The application page says the file is private for review and applications are removed from the live system after 90 days.
Show how you make decisions
The official application asks for three responses of up to 150 words each.
- Worldview
- Describe a real institutional failure that shaped how you think about the causes of those failures.
- Character
- Discuss a time that doing what you thought was right came at a cost.
- Work ethic
- Describe work you are proud of and what motivated you to keep its standard without oversight.