Tech Editor - Youth AI Safety Institute

Written by the T&S Network from Common Sense Media's posting.

Editorial role at a youth-focused AI safety institute that researches AI's impact on kids, sets safety standards, and evaluates established and emerging products. The work is editing research, reports, and public-facing content so technical findings reach parents, educators, policymakers, and the press. The posting places the role on the Institute's publishing side, reporting to the Head of Public Engagement.

What you'd do

• Polish risk assessments, research reports, and surveys so they read clearly and land with readers.
• Turn dense technical and scholarly writing into plain language for non-expert readers.
• Edit and help develop articles, essays, interviews, investigations, and newsletters about AI and kids.
• Serve as editorial partner to Common Sense Media experts building public voices through podcasts, video, and social content.
• Check facts and tighten the wording of claims that carry the most weight or risk.
• Define and uphold the rules for accuracy, fairness, sourcing, independence, and voice.

What it asks for

• Substantial editing background in a demanding setting covering tech and AI.
• Track record editing complicated technical, academic, or data-heavy work for lay audiences.
• Strong news judgment and sense of what matters to a broad public audience.
• Ability to edit argument, structure, and evidence as well as sentences.
• Curiosity about AI, technology, children, education, media, or tech's social effects; deep prior expertise not required.

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