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The ideal candidate will have a track record of tackling big ideas in this world and helping readers make sense of the many changes occurring within it. You’ll write-with a lively voice-about decision-makers in and around Hollywood; the debates, controversies, and legal battles that are animating the industry; and the behind-the-scenes shifts that are influencing the cultural landscape at large.\nYou should have a nuanced understanding of how business, technology, and national politics intersect with the culture industry. You’ll be experienced at both moving fast-delivering scoops and timely analysis-and executing deeply reported stories for a general-interest audience on longer timelines. And you’ll be eager to uncover stories that haven’t yet been told, with the creativity and drive to figure out the best way to tell them. Writers with significant expertise on this beat as well as general-interest reporters with relevant experience are both welcome to apply. 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