Freelance Gaming & Entertainment News Writer (UK Evenings)

Dexerto; United Kingdom; À distance; GBP 21 000 - 41 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Dexerto, a leading gaming, entertainment, and viral news outlet, seeks freelance writers to cover gaming, TV & Movies, anime, and online culture. You’ll craft fast, accurate news stories and pitch original ideas while publishing across platforms including X and Facebook.

Ideal candidates have experience writing for digital publications, strong news judgment, and a passion for online culture. You’ll work on shifts, holidays, and busy periods from 2pm–10pm UK time.

Qualifications

• Experience writing for a digital publication, website, newspaper, magazine, or similar outlet.
• Strong news judgment and instinct for stories that resonate online.
• Excellent writing, research, and fact-checking skills.
• Genuine interest in gaming, entertainment, social media, content creators, and online culture.
• Strong understanding of how stories spread on platforms like X, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitch, Reddit.

Responsabilités

• Writing fast, accurate, and engaging news stories across Dexerto's core coverage areas.
• Covering gaming, TV & Movies, anime, entertainment, food, social media, content creators, and viral internet culture.
• Identifying stories through social media, industry sources, and trend monitoring.
• Pitching original story ideas and features.
• Publishing and promoting stories across social media platforms including X and Facebook.
• Writing social copy that encourages engagement and helps stories reach new audiences.
• Working closely with editors to ensure stories meet Dexerto's editorial standards.
• Contributing ideas for headlines, angles, and follow-up coverage.
• Helping identify emerging trends before they become mainstream stories.

Connaissances

News writing

Social media

Research

Fact-checking

Editing

Pitching ideas

Description du poste

Dexerto, a leading gaming, entertainment, and viral news outlet, seeks freelance writers to cover gaming, TV & Movies, anime, and online culture. You’ll craft fast, accurate news stories and pitch original ideas while publishing across platforms including X and Facebook.

Ideal candidates have experience writing for digital publications, strong news judgment, and a passion for online culture. You’ll work on shifts, holidays, and busy periods from 2pm–10pm UK time.