Deputy Health Editor – Newspaper Website

Media Contacts; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading English newspaper seeks a Deputy Health Editor for its London office. This high-profile role involves writing breaking health news, managing junior reporters, and ensuring complex scientific information is accessible to lay audiences. Ideal for a senior health reporter looking to step up, this position requires a solid background in health journalism and exceptional editorial skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in health journalism in a fast-paced newsroom, preferably in editorial or senior writing roles.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills.
• Proven ability to manage deadlines and multitask.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the health editor to plan and write health news across print and digital platforms.
• Commission, edit and fact check features and investigations.
• Cultivate contacts in health fields from public health to drug development.

Skills

Writing

Editing

Proofreading

Multitasking

Job description

Social network you want to login/join with:

Deputy Health Editor – Newspaper Website, London

Client:

Media Contacts

Location:

London, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

-

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Reference:

2accb6c132ad

Job Views:

3

Posted:

29.06.2025

Expiry Date:

13.08.2025

Job Description:

Big name, English newspaper website, read around the world, seeks deputy health editor to write breaking health news, longer form health stories and oversee more junior health reporters writing fascinating stories.

This role would suit a senior health reporter with some editing experience, looking to step up to deputy health editor and manage a couple of more junior health journalists, but still be a hands-on writer and reporter of a mix of fast-paced, breaking news and longer, investigative pieces. A solid background of working in a fast-paced newsroom is absolutely essential, as is health journalism experience, for this high profile role.

The role:

• Collaborating with the health editor to plan and write the latest health news, insight and expert advice across print and digital platforms.
• Cultivate contacts in a wide variety of health fields, from public health, and government policy, to research science, drug development, surgery, medicine, nutrition and wellbeing.
• Commission, edit and fact check a range of features, investigations, interviews and health advice, ensuring complex scientific information is easily accessible for lay audiences.

You need:

• Experience in health journalism in a fast-paced newsroom, preferably in editorial or senior writing roles.
• Understanding of the medical world, health trends and issues, alongside a genuine passion for these subjects.
• Exceptional writing, editing, and proofreading skills; you never miss a detail.
• Proven ability to manage deadlines, multitask, and work with a team of journalists, all at speed.
• Enjoy working full time, office based in a busy, buzzing newsroom.