Urgent Hire - Fact Checker/Editorial Assistant

San Francisco  ‐ Onsite
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Description

Contractor job description

CNET Magazine is searching for a fact checker and editorial assistant. This is a paid project lasting approximately three months. Though you can be located anywhere in the United States, you'll report to a CNET staff editors in San Francisco and London.

Duties/Role Responsibilities:

Thorough fact-checking of all CNET Magazine stories through interviews with sources, online research and consultation with writers
Assist editors with securing photos from vendors
Keep track of legal consent forms signed by parents of minors and by photographers

Experience:

Required Skills/Experience:

  • One year of fact-checking experience with a print publication
  • Passion for technology and internet culture and how they're changing the world
  • Superior research and interviewing skills
  • Detail-oriented, critically minded, naturally curious
  • Ability to meet tight deadlines
  • BA/BS or equivalent experience

How To Apply:

send emails to CNET News Features Editor Rochelle Garner at the address below. Put FACT CHECKER APPLICATION in the subject line.

  • Salary: $35 an hour at up to 70 hours spread over the course of assembling the latest issue
  • Duration: three months
  • Deadline: Feb. 15, 2017
Start date
ASAP
From
CNET
Published at
15.02.2017
Contact person:
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Project ID:
1288756
Contract type
Freelance
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