Freelance Editor

Newsweek is the global media organization that has earned audience time and trust for more than 90 years. Newsweek reaches 100 million people each month with thought-provoking news, opinion, images, graphics, and video delivered across a dozen print and digital platforms. Headquartered in New York City, Newsweek also publishes international editions in EMEA and Asia. 

Freelance Editor 

The Freelance Editor will work with the Company’s editors including the Night Editor, and Breaking News Editors in the US and UK, to deliver, fast, smart, accurate and fair coverage of any story that matters to a Newsweek audience, such as a Trump Truth Social post, the fall of a city in Ukraine, a celebrity death, product recall, tornado warning or a court filing. 

Based in a time zone from which it is be possible to cover the United States during their night-time hours, the contractor will have detailed knowledge of the United States, its politics, society, and global role. They will equally be able to turn their hand to coverage of breaking news from anywhere else in the world as required. 

They will have a skillful approach to editing and shaping engaging stories that will work for an audience in the United States and worldwide. Strong news judgment and quick, clear editing and headline writing in English are musts. 

As well as researching and writing their own articles, they will be able to commission, edit, fact-check, and publish several stories each day, including breaking news, original news and features. They will obtain and integrate source and expert comments, ensure proper use of authoritative primary sources, and deliver vibrant, concise, and clean copy to deadline. 

They will have a strong understanding of digital journalism.. They will be adept at monitoring social media and Google Trends to find and identify stories and topics of interest to a predominantly U.S. audience. They will ensure high-quality coverage that is accurate, fair, and conforms to accepted standards of journalism as mutually agreed. 

The candidate will provide services on various days being available between 9:00 PM - 6:00 AM Eastern Time Zone as mutually agreed and will receive a fee for each story they produce. This role is being offered initially on a trial basis.

Services 

1. Produce, edit and publish breaking news and other stories that are fast, smart, accurate and fair with appropriate quality controls as mutually agreed. 
2. Use technology and tools as mutually agreed. 
3. Set up a system of monitoring, planning and pre-writing that allows the Company to excel at breaking news.  
4. Help to develop the Company’s live blog operation, creating highly engaging content on the most interesting and important stories. 
5. Any other services as mutually agreed. 

Newsweek is an equal opportunity employer. We seek employees of diverse backgrounds and are committed to providing an inclusive, equitable and respectful workplace.