Fact-Checking Editor

Fact-Checking Editor

Contract - Hybrid London & remote

Day rate of £180 - £200 per day Outside IR35

This is a 5 - 6 months contract role.

We are looking for a great Fact-Checking Editor to work for a large, global business.

The responsibilities:

• Support fact-checking projects while fostering a positive, collaborative and inclusive work environment
• Ensure that each copy meets my clients' standards for accuracy, speed, balance and clarity
• Meet my clients Fact Check deliverables outlined in our fact-checking partnerships and strengthen relationships with clients and partners
• Support fact-check article production and build closer ties with the broader my clients news file
• Collaborate with journalists across regional teams to deliver accurate verification notes and articles for clients and my clients audiences
• Explore the latest digital verification techniques and tools
• Enforce the editorial and ethical standards, adhering to style, guidelines and policies laid out by the Trust Principles and the Handbook of Journalists
• Produce fact-checking articles or explainers when required

About you;

• Have at least 10 years of international news writing and/or editing experience
• Demonstrated experience editing under tight deadlines and sharing constructive feedback with journalists
• Strong reporting and writing skills and the ability to work independently
• Show a proven interest in covering U.S. and European politics and deep knowledge of misinformation trends
• Experience working in OSINT/fact-checking/misinformation/digital verification
• Show strong news judgment
• Be able to identify emerging trends and misinformation
• Proven ability to work nimbly and quickly with multiple teams
• Fluency in another language is a plus

If you think you are right for this role please apply!