Job Description

Description: The Cato Institute seeks a Staff Writer to report on Cato\'s activities and events for fundraising reports and proposals, correspondence from executive leadership, and other materials. Applicants should have strong writing ability, demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, and a commitment to liberty and limited government. Position available immediately. About Cato The Cato Institute is a public policy research organization\xe2\x80\x94a think tank\xe2\x80\x94dedicated to the principles of individual liberty, limited government, free markets, and peace. Its scholars and analysts conduct independent, nonpartisan research on a wide range of policy issues.
Founded in 1977, Cato owes its name to Cato\xe2\x80\x99s Letters, a series of essays published in 18th-century England that presented a vision of a society free from excessive government power. Those essays inspired the architects of the American Revolution. And the simple, timeless principles of that revolution\xe2\x80\x94individual liberty, limited government, and free markets\xe2\x80\x94turn out to be even more powerful in today\xe2\x80\x99s world of global markets and unprecedented access to information than Jefferson or Madison could have imagined. Social and economic freedom is not just the best policy for a free people, it is the indispensable framework for the future.
Cato Institute is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Responsibilities

• Draft fundraising reports and proposals.
• Attend Cato events and keep up to date on Cato publications.
• Coordinate closely with policy staff to communicate their priorities and mission.
• Draft correspondence for executive leadership.
• Format, edit, and fact-check reports and articles.

• Excellent writing.
• Ability to write on deadline.
• Passion for Cato\'s mission.

• Please submit a cover letter, resume, and two writing samples.
• Applicants who advance will also be asked to take a writing test.