At a Glance
- Tasks: Edit articles, mentor journalists, and ensure accuracy in news reporting.
- Company: Join Reuters, a leader in global news with a collaborative culture.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, inclusive work environment, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic role with opportunities to collaborate across diverse teams and cultures.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by combating misinformation and shaping the future of journalism.
- Qualifications: Six years of news writing/editing experience and a passion for fact-checking.
The predicted salary is between 51300 - 62700 $ per year.
- Proactively edit articles while fostering a positive, collaborative and inclusive work environment
- Enforce Reuters' editorial and ethical standards, style, guidelines and policies
- Ensure stories meet Reuters' standards for accuracy, speed, balance and clarity
- Support fact-check article production and build closer ties with the broader Reuters news file
- Mentor early-career journalists on coverage and verification skills
- Collaborate with journalists across regional teams to develop fact-checking articles
- Meet Reuters Fact Check deliverables outlined in fact-checking partnerships
- Explore digital verification techniques and tools
- Produce fact-checking articles, verification notes or explainers when required
Requirements
- At least six years of international news writing and/or editing experience
- Demonstrated experience editing under tight deadlines and sharing constructive feedback with journalists
- Proven track record of writing and/or editing clean, accurate news copy under tight deadlines in a newsroom
- Proven interest in covering misinformation or fact-checking
- Outstanding news judgement
- Ability to identify emerging trends online and misinformation
- Curiosity to learn and openness to feedback
- Enthusiasm for collaborating with colleagues across different beats and cultures
- Fluency in a European or East Asian language is a plus
- Prior experience in OSINT or fact-checking would be an advantage
- Core Competencies
Demonstrates extensive experience in international news writing and editing, with a strong focus on fact-checking and editorial standards.
Capable of mentoring journalists and collaborating across diverse teams while maintaining accuracy and clarity under tight deadlines.
- Highest-signal resume keywords
- International News Writing
- Fact-Checking
- Editing Under Tight Deadlines
- Mentoring Journalists
- OSINT Experience
- ATS Optimization Keywords
Hard Skills - Editing
- Fact-Checking
- News Writing
- Misinformation Coverage
- Digital Verification Techniques
- Soft Skills
- Collaboration
- Curiosity
- Openness to Feedback
- Outstanding News Judgement
- Industry Keywords
- Reuters Editorial Standards
- Editorial Guidelines
- Verification Notes
- Constructive Feedback
- Emerging Trends Identification
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