News Editor
1840 & Company
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇨🇴 Colombia
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💰 $10 - $12 per hour
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Copyedit press releases, cover news developments, and provide event coverage.
- Demonstrate strong work ethic and professionalism.
Requirements
- Solid editing skills with a sharp eye for detail and excellent command of grammar and punctuation.
- Ideally 5+ years of news writing/editing experience.
- Knowledge of AP style is a must.
- BA/BS in Technical Writing, Journalism, Communications, English, or equivalent is a plus.
- Strong research and investigative skills.
- Excellent interpersonal and networking skills; a good sense of humor is mandatory.
- Dedicated, ambitious, quick, confident, and serious.
- Comfortable working with explicit subject matter.
- Must be a team player.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
editing skillsnews writingnews editingAP styleresearch skillsinvestigative skillsgrammarpunctuation
Soft skills
strong work ethicprofessionalisminterpersonal skillsnetworking skillssense of humordedicatedambitiousquickconfidentteam player
Certifications
BA in Technical WritingBA in JournalismBA in CommunicationsBA in English