Copy Editor / Fact Checker

LendingTree; New York (NY); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

LendingTree is looking for a diligent fact checker/copy editor based in New York City. The main responsibility is to ensure the accuracy of all content published, acting as the last line of defense against errors.

Successful candidates will have over 3 years of experience in editing and fact-checking, exceptional attention to detail, and be effective team players. Responsibilities include fact-checking articles, verifying sources, and ensuring all text is grammatically correct.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of editing and fact checking experience, preferably on a copy edit desk.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to work with writers to ensure that all information in stories is accurate.
• Team player who understands the importance of accuracy and the necessity to get it right.

Responsibilities

• Fact check and copy edit all content for MagnifyMoney and LendingTree.
• Determine what information needs to be fact checked.
• Follow up with sources when necessary to verify personal or professional details.
• Double-check calculations when writers make them.
• Ensure infographics match the original source.
• Work with writers to verify facts.
• Edit articles and ensure all text is accurate.

Skills

Attention to detail

Fact checking

Editing

Grammar

Job description

Job Description

The main responsibility of a fact checker/copy editor is to be the last line of defense against any errors in our articles. You look for inaccuracies and instill trust in our readers by ensuring a bulletproof product. You don’t have to be an expert of the facts in our stories themselves, but you have the tools and know how to verify them.

Responsibilities

• Fact check and copy edit all content for MagnifyMoney and LendingTree, including video, graphics, special reports, and written stories.
• Determine what information needs to be fact checked—from birth dates to quotes to ages and mathematical calculations.
• Follow up with sources when necessary to verify personal or professional details about themselves that are cited in our story.
• When a writer makes a calculation, double-check their math.
• When the team receives infographics, double-check the text to be sure it matches the original source.
• Work with writers when necessary to verify facts.
• Be a grammar hound and have an eagle's eye for typos and other errors that can affect our credibility with readers.
• Copy edit regular articles as well as videos, infographics and basically anything with text that appears on our site.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of editing and fact checking experience, preferably on a copy edit desk.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to work with writers to ensure that all information in stories is accurate.
• Team player who understands the importance of accuracy and the necessity to get it right.
• Pass copy edit/fact check test.