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News Journalist

🏢 Storyful • 📍 London, England • 🕒 Today

Salary Range

£32,200 - £34,434

£2,683 - £2,870 / mo

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Location Base

London, England

Tier-1 UK Economic Zone

Est. Take-Home Pay

68% - 74% (After PAYE & NI)

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Transatlantic Parity

1.0 GBP ≈ $1.28 USD Living Standard

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Position Overview & Specifications

Storyful is an equal opportunity employer

Job Description :

About Storyful

Founded by pioneering journalists as the first social media newswire, Storyful was created out of the need to break the news faster and edit social content to add vital context to news reporting. Acquired by News Corp in 2013, Storyful has evolved into a premium news, video and strategic intelligence partner for media, business leaders and marketing and communications professionals. Storyful’s mission is to provide trusted, cross-platform content and context in a complex online information environment.

For news clients, we are the definitive source for eyewitness news and viral videos, playing an integral role in newsrooms around the world. We pursue verifiable facts with the aim of providing deep context, and breaking news first. Storyful Intelligence delivers bespoke insights derived from unique access to cross-platform data and pioneering technology, contextualised by expert analysts. We translate online societal trends and decipher digital behaviours to inform strategic brand planning and mitigate repetitional risk.

What You’ll Do

Storyful’s newsroom has been working at the intersection of social media, news and technology to help media organisations tell the stories that matter most. As we expand the breadth and depth of our coverage, we are seeking an experienced news journalist to join our editorial team in London.

The ideal candidate will have a track record of finding compelling stories via social media, and of producing original reporting that uses cutting-edge verification and open-source intelligence techniques.

They will be at home in a fast-paced, video-led, breaking news environment, and able to serve a diverse set of media clients. They will be equally capable of working on more in-depth reports and research projects. They will be comfortable working on a range of stories, from conflict zones, to weather events, and politics.

The ideal candidate will be self-motivated, and able to motivate others. They will be comfortable representing the company both publicly and at industry events.

Responsibilities

Monitoring Storyful’s news feeds for emerging stories and undertaking advanced searches using our proprietary tools to discover original, eyewitness content

Gathering and verifying UGC images, posts, videos and other content from the social web
Writing clean, concise and accurate copy for publication on the Storyful Newswire and social platforms
Maintaining an editorial calendar and discovery sources around the MENA region
Contacting uploaders and sources involved in stories
Working closely with newsroom clients and content creators
Identifying and executing on opportunities for long-form reporting and research projects
Working to deadlines and targets
Flexibility to work various shifts as needed, including weekends and unsociable hours
Actively pitch and develop unique stories that are on brand for Storyful
Understanding stories that work for Storyful’s clients
Any other duties set out by editorial management team
Collaborate with colleagues and other teams on stories
Conduct interviews over the phone

Required Experience & Qualifications

Experience in journalism, particularly online or broadcast journalism
A self-starting journalist who is plugged into current events around the world
A fluid, natural communicator who has experience writing and editing copy for publication. All finalists will be administered a copy test.
Expert understanding of social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, TikTok, YouTube, 4chan, Telegram, etc.
Experience with verification and open-source intelligence (OSINT) techniques and a track record in using them in reporting is an advantage
Ability to source and verify original content from across the social web
Excellent computer skills, including basic knowledge of spreadsheets and publishing within content management systems

Preferred Skills & Knowledge

Fluent Arabic language skills a major advantage, though not essential
Other foreign-language skills are strongly favoured, but not required
Video-editing skills are an advantage, but not mandatory

Location: London

Work Arrangement: Hybrid - 3 days per week

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. EEO/AA/M/F/Disabled/Vets

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Job Category:

STFL - Editorial