- 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 robust 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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📌 Fact-Checking Editor (City of Sydney)
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