Data Journalist wanted (crime, paranormal) | $200 per article

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: OBSCURIX

Deadline: 24 August 2025

Job Title: Freelance Data Journalist – Crime Stats & Paranormal Sightings

We’re looking for a part-time data journalist to help us dig up, wrangle, and present strange and compelling stories hiding in plain sight — specifically in crime statistics and paranormal data. You’ll write two data-rich, long-form articles per month that help anchor our editorial authority and drive backlinks through sheer informational dominance.

Think: skyscraper content on crack — but with serial killers, Bigfoot, and FBI crime reports.

To apply, please send your resume, cover letter, and a relevant portfolio to editorial@obscurix.com

SCOPE OF WORK

• 2 articles per month, each ranging from 2,000–3,500 words

• Articles will focus on either:

  • Crime data (e.g. robbery or car theft statistics by state, historical crime trends, unsolved cases by region)

  • Paranormal data (e.g. alien sightings by state, Bigfoot sightings through history, haunted location clusters)

• You’ll compile and synthesize data from the best available sources, including:

  • Government crime reports (FBI, state-level)

  • Research databases

  • Credible news outlets

  • Crowdsourced or UGC data (when well-sourced)

• Our editor will polish the final copy, and our team will handle visualizations — your focus is storytelling with clean, compelling data.

DELIVERABLES

• One longform data-driven article every 2 weeks

• Strong, reputable sourcing throughout

• Minimal editing required (clean grammar, organized flow)

• Occasional light analysis of news/social posts for paranormal topics

RATE

• $200 per article (every 2 weeks)

• Steady long-term potential if quality is high

IDEAL CANDIDATE

• Background in data journalism or strong investigative journalism with data experience

• Familiarity with sourcing and interpreting public data sets

• Passion for our editorial domains: True Crime, Paranormal, Dark History, and the Strange

• Obsessed with crafting content that outperforms the competition — not just filling a brief

• Based in the U.S.

BONUS IF YOU:

• Know how to wrangle CSVs, pivot tables, or scrape structured data

• Have examples of previous data-backed reporting

• Are low-maintenance, deadline-reliable, and cool with weird editorial ideas

To apply, please send your resume, cover letter, and a relevant portfolio to editorial@obscurix.com

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CONTACT INFORMATION (please do not share the email address publicly):

Questions/applications: editorial@obscurix.com

Website: https://obscurix.com/

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