Online Editor, News
ZEIT Verlagsgruppe
part-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Berlin • Germany
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About the role
- You will work at ZEIT's newsdesk providing minute-by-minute coverage of politics, business, society, culture, science, and sports.
- You will take shifts, write and edit news briefs and background pieces, conduct interviews, caption photo galleries, contribute to liveblogs, and produce newsletters.
- You monitor and analyze news developments using all sources relevant to online journalism, and you work precisely and accurately under time pressure.
- You will occasionally take responsibility for the homepage as editor-on-duty.
- You will regularly work during off-peak hours and on several weekend days each month.
Requirements
- You have completed journalistic training and/or have several years of experience as a news editor, ideally at a news agency or an online news portal.
- You write clearly and confidently and can quickly familiarize yourself with new subject areas and breaking news situations.
- Ideally, you bring expertise that goes beyond politics and business.
- The journalistic use of AI and social media is second nature to you, as is working in various editorial systems (CMS).
- Ideally, you have excellent proficiency in a non-European language or in Turkish.
Benefits
- Flexible working: Our conferences and most team meetings take place in a hybrid format.
- You can work from home for part of the week.
- Development: We offer all employees internal and external training opportunities as well as a dedicated mentoring program.
- Onboarding: To help you settle in and find your footing during the first months, we support you with an onboarding and buddy program.
- Team: We foster a respectful working environment and are committed to values such as independence, equal treatment, and diversity.
- Attractive location: Our newsroom is centrally located near Potsdamer Platz with excellent public transport connections.
- We support employee mobility with a travel allowance and bike leasing.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
journalistic trainingnews editingwritingconducting interviewsanalyzing news developmentsproducing newsletterscaptioning photo gallerieslivebloggingworking under time pressurefamiliarity with breaking news
Soft Skills
clear communicationconfidenceadaptabilityprecisionaccuracytime managementresponsibilityteam collaborationcreativitycritical thinking