Standards and Ethics Editor

POLITICO Europe; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Standards and Ethics Editor to join their dynamic team. This role involves ensuring the integrity of journalism through hands-on editing and collaboration with reporters. The ideal candidate will possess excellent judgment and the ability to navigate complex ethical questions. You will also play a key role in developing newsroom policies and training programs, making a significant impact on the quality of journalism. If you are passionate about upholding editorial standards and thrive in a fast-paced environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Experience in editing and journalism with a focus on ethics.
• Ability to provide guidance on sensitive content.

Responsibilities

• Edit sensitive content and provide pre-publication guidance.
• Assist in writing newsroom policies and training programs.

Skills

Written and verbal fluency in English

Excellent judgment and reasoning skills

Ability to juggle multiple tasks

Experience editing sensitive stories

Job description

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POLITICO is looking for an experienced editor of impeccable judgment to play a leading role on our growing global standards and ethics team to ensure the integrity of our journalism across all platforms.

This hands-on editor will work side-by-side with reporters and assigning editors discussing sourcing and reporting questions as they develop and helping all journalists resolve knotty ethical questions as they arise.

They will provide a final edit on some of our most sensitive content, whether that’s a story, blog post or newsletter item, and address questions internally and externally post-publication as needed.

This senior-level editor will also take a leading role in writing and updating newsroom policies and stylebook entries to offer clear direction to the staff and work alongside others to assist on training and development programs for our journalists.

This role comes with a mandate to uphold POLITICO’s editorial values and commitment to authoritative, nonpartisan and tough-mindedly fair journalism.

This position may be based in either Brussels or London, but this editor should be able to collaborate comfortably with teams across Europe and in Washington.

What you’ll do:

• Serve as a hands-on editor offering pre-publication guidance on reporting
• Provide a final edit on sensitive content
• Address and resolve issues related to our journalism after it is published
• Help research and write newsroom policies and stylebook entries
• Assist in designing training programs for POLITICO journalists
• Ensure quality controls are in place across the newsroom

What You’ll Need:

• Written and verbal fluency in English
• Ability to calmly juggle multiple tasks in stressful situations
• Desire to collaborate with journalists across the newsroom, helping broker solutions to challenging situations
• Excellent judgment and reasoning skills
• Experience editing complicated and sensitive stories preferred

About POLITICO

POLITICO is a global news and information company at the intersection of politics and policy. It is the essential online, mobile and print destination for the most influential people in the world. With publications based in Washington, D.C., New York, London, Paris, and Brussels, POLITICO boasts an enormous roster of the most talented reporters and editors in the world.

It is POLITICO's policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all qualified individuals without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, gender, age or any other characteristic protected by local laws and regulations.

Application Instructions & Further Details

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send a CV and motivation letter in English outlining why you’re right for this role.

Location: Brussels or London

Editorial

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Writing/Editing

• Industries

  Newspaper Publishing

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