--- redirect_from: /2013/08/join-the-news-editor-team-at-openspending/ title: Join our News and Website team! authors: - Anders Pedersen --- Every day, government spending makes headlines. At OpenSpending, we want to help the public put the numbers in perspective by showing how the news relates to spending data. **We are looking for volunteers to join our News and Website team to help run our blog and website and connect spending news with data.** As a member of the News and Web team, you will be involved in things like: * **Track down "spending stories"** – help find and report on the connections between stories in the media and the world of public finances - government budgets, spending, contracts etc – such as Detroit’s bankruptcy. Specifically: * Collect and share news stories about spending and budgets. * Find the spending data behind the news stories and write about it on our blog. * **Edit the Blog**: oversee our blog with latest OpenSpending news including soliciting and editing contributions, writing roundups and news stories and more! * **Oversee and manage our social media** – Facebook, Twitter etc. Explore new social media outlets (e.g. Tumblr). * **Resources for journalists**. Write materials to help journalists and citizens dig into spending, understand tax (evasion), or create the next story about the EU budget ### Qualifications The most important requirement is enthusiasm! Any experience with, for example, writing stories, editing a blog, running social media is great – but not required! We have a strong community who will support you and help you grow your skills. We will provide a short induction on how to work with OpenSpending and you will also have your peers in the News and Website team to help you out. ### What Does it Take? * Time commitment: ~20-30 minutes a week on average = ~2h a month (note time can be irregular - its fine if you do nothing for a few weeks). Also if you have more time that's great - there's plenty to do! * When to start: you can start immediately. * You can also learn more about which tasks you will be doing at the Trello board for the News Team ### Apply Apply by filling in the form below. We will respond to applications by August 23rd.