Position Title: Research Fellow

Job type: Paid Fellowship 

Compensation: $25/hour plus up to $500/month home office expense reimbursement

Time commitment: Full-time, 6 month fellowship beginning Jan 5, 2026

Location: Remote

About MPU

More Perfect Union is an advocacy, journalism, and education organization with a mission to build power for the working class. We cover politics, policy, labor, business, and economic news through a class lens, and we pair our reporting with activism to help working people win policy fights. Launched in February 2021, More Perfect Union’s Emmy award-winning coverage has garnered over 1 billion video views and over 5 million followers and subscribers. 

About the Position

We’re hiring a Research Fellow who will play an essential role in supporting the work of our growing social media team. The Research Fellow will help us to maintain a constant flow of highly engaging, newsy social media content that informs and inspires our audience. They must have a strong background in conducting fact-checking and original research, be an excellent copywriter, and care deeply about reporting news that impacts working people through social media and video journalism.

Core Responsibilities: 

• Fact-check social media content including video scripts, captions, graphics, Substack posts and more; 
• Write engaging social media copy for platforms including Twitter/X and Bluesky, and draft Substack posts to uplift video content;
• Conduct original research to uncover story leads and interesting news and facts that should be uplifted by More Perfect Union’s social media pages; 
• Identifying emerging news and trending topics from both traditional news sources as well as social media; 
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet expected deadlines
• Maintain high standard of work in a nimble, fast paced environment
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Professional experience fact-checking and conducting research, preferably as part of a newsroom;
• Passion for, and substantial knowledge of, national politics and economic justice issues;
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
• Proficiency in social media platforms including Twitter/X with a strong understanding of current trends;
• Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with a social media team;
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and capable of following directions and meeting tight deadlines;
• Available full-time hours and able to excel in a remote/work-from-home environment.