Quality Assurance

News & Copy Editor

Mercor

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Contract

RemotePosted Oct 15$70-$75 per hour

Overview

Mercor partners with AI labs and enterprises to train frontier models using human expertise. In this role, you will review AI-generated news and copy writing for factual accuracy, hedge language, and editorial structure, comparing samples against brief and style guides.

What You’ll Do

Review AI-generated news and copy writing against task briefs and writing guides
Judge for factual accuracy, proper hedging, and buried leads
Select a preferred sample and write one-line reasoning
Apply editorial tags
Clear calibration gates before working with live data
Complete 5 hours per day over 5 business days for the pilot phase

Requirements

Desk or copy editing experience at a major news organization
Ability to cut copy to the point on deadline
Strong eye for factual errors and buried leads on first read
Comfortable with independent contractor arrangement
Not H1-B or STEM OPT

Who Should Apply

Apply if you have desk-editing chops from a real newsroom, trust your judgment on fact and structure, and work well autonomously under loose supervision. This suits someone who loved the pace and rigor of editorial work but wants remote flexibility and high hourly pay. Skip it if you need a stable long-term role, prefer working in a team, or haven't done hands-on copy editing at scale.

Salary Insight

At $70–$75/hour for a 5-hour day on a 5-day week, this signals roughly $1,750–$1,875 per week, or $91,000–$97,500 annualized at full pilot rate. That's solid for contract work and reflects the specialist expertise required, though the pilot is time-bound and extension depends on performance.

About Mercor

A marketplace placing specialists into paid remote contract work with AI companies. One profile and one AI interview, reused across every role you apply to.

Remote policy: Fully remote, worldwide, on hourly contractor agreements rather than employment. But payment eligibility is the thing to check before you invest any time, because it is decided by country and there is no way around it. Mercor pays through Stripe Connect in…

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Required Skills

Copy editingFact-checkingNews writingAI trainingEditorial judgment

Compensation

$70-$75 per hour

Location: Remote
Engagement: Contract
Posted: Oct 15

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About Mercor

A marketplace placing specialists into paid remote contract work with AI companies. One profile and one AI interview, reused across every role you apply to.

How hiring works at Mercor →

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Application Tip

Lead with a specific example of a fact error or structural flaw you caught under deadline pressure—the kind of slip that would have run if you weren't there. Mercor is screening for judgment and reliability in a remote, unsupervised setup, so evidence of independent editorial decision-making matters more than credentials. Also flag any work you've done training or evaluating AI, even tangentially, as that signals you understand what they're building.

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