[Hiring] IgG4 News columnist @bionews
Apr 02, 2025 - bionews is hiring a remote IgG4 News columnist. 💸 Salary: unspecified. 📍Location: USA.
Role Description
Bionews is looking for members of the IgG4-related disease community to join our freelance staff of patient and caregiver columnists on IgG4 News, which launches in early June.
A Bionews columnist is a patient or caregiver who shares about life with a rare or chronic disease. They write personal essays in a column format to inform, inspire, empathize, and advise. Their audience includes:
- Patients
- Caregivers
- Medical teams
- Researchers
- General audience interested in disease/disability communities
All columns are reviewed by professional editors who will work with columnists to smooth rough spots and help the columnist grow as a writer. This is a contract position.
Please note you MUST be a member of the IgG4 community — a patient or caregiver — in order to apply for this position.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Fulfill 1x weekly deadlines as agreed upon on hire.
- Communicate efficiently with your managers and editors.
- Submit 400-800 word drafts that adhere to Bionews policies and procedures.
- Aside from exceptions, drafts should not take more than 45 minutes to edit.
- Fulfill revisions as requested by editors in a timely manner.
- Complete training assigned by Bionews HR.
Experience Required
- Prior experience with writing for an audience.
- At least three months’ direct experience with having or caring for someone with IgG4.
- Caregivers must be direct relatives, guardians, or spouses.
Experience Preferred
- Experience in being professionally edited for publication.
- Experienced in generating a blog or column.
- Participation in support groups, internet forums, or community groups relevant to IgG4.
Knowledge Required
- Fundamentals of how IgG4 works.
Knowledge Preferred
- The content needs or wants of the IgG4 community.
Skills Required
- A swift and independent learner of Internet technology.
- A creative mind capable of regularly generating unique content that appeals to target audiences.
- Time management.
- Advanced creative writing.
Skills Preferred
- Experience in using WordPress for content creation.
- Experience with the Slack communication app.
Abilities Required
- Internet access and use.
- Native or fluent English writing and reading abilities.
Company Description
Bionews is a leading online health, science, publication, and research company with one purpose: to serve patients with a rare or chronic disease. We do this by connecting them with current, trusted, and relevant news and information. This content is delivered regularly and provided by actual patients as well as professional journalists, writers, editors, scientists, and experienced media executives. Our end customers are truly patients living with rare and chronic diseases.
Bionews Vision
To empower, inspire, and champion the patient voice as the preeminent resource that engages, informs, and connects the global rare and chronic disease community.
Bionews Purpose
We connect rare and chronic disease communities by providing a unified and distinctive space to engage, educate, and empower those affected by rare diseases to help improve patient health and quality of life.
Values: R.A.R.E.
- RESPONSIBILITY
- ADVOCACY
- RELATIONSHIPS
- EMPOWERMENT
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Salary
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unspecified
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Remote
Location
USA
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Job Type
contract
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Posted
Apr 02, 2025
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| 📍 | Be aware of the location restriction for this remote position: USA |
| ‼ | Beware of scams! When applying for jobs, you should NEVER have to pay anything. Learn more. |
