English Desk Editor - AFP

TVZ; Los Angeles (CA); Sur place; USD 70 000 - 120 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

AFP is hiring an English Desk Editor to join its global news operation. Open desks in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Washington, with opportunities to edit, fact-check and shape fast, accurate international coverage.

Successful candidates will edit copy with sharp accuracy, exercise strong news judgement and coordinate with reporters in the field, contributing to follow-the-sun coverage and potential reporting assignments around the world.

Qualifications

• Edit copy with accuracy and speed for international stories.
• Demonstrate strong news judgement across regions.
• Communicate clearly with field journalists and editors.

Responsabilités

• Edit and fact-check incoming copy to AFP standards.
• Coordinate with reporters in the field for timely coverage.
• Contribute to follow-the-sun international news coverage.

Connaissances

Editing

News judgement

Communication

Description du poste

English Desk Editor - AFP

Location: Bangkok/ Hong Kong/ Los Angeles/ Washington

Global news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) is hiring experienced journalists for its English-language news desks in Asia and North America, offering an opportunity for dynamic journalists to pursue a career as a foreign correspondent within our international network.

Posts are open on our desks in Bangkok, Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Washington, where editors play a pivotal role in ensuring that breaking news and in-depth international stories meet the agency’s high standards for accurate, fast, and vivid coverage of world events.

Successful candidates will be capable of editing copy with a sharp eye for accuracy, strong news judgement and an ability to communicate easily with journalists in the field. It is important to have a strong knowledge of regional and global affairs because each desk handles stories from other regions in our “follow-the-sun” model of continuous news coverage.

Desk jobs can lead to reporting assignments and longer-term correspondent postings anywhere in the world, working with an agency that prizes original, on-the-ground...