Fact Checker/Editor
Description
Headquarters: Washington DC URL: http://pogo.org Responsibilities include: Manage multiple project simultaneously, often under tight deadlines. Review, assess, and provide feedback to ensure POGO’s written projects are accurate, fair, clear, and nonpartisan. Assist as needed with proofreading. Assist as needed with maintaining POGO’s style guide. Collaborate with POGO’s writers to help their ideas and stories succeed. Brainstorm, develop, and implement ways to ensure that POGO’s written products reflect the organization’s commitment to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion. Maintain close collaboration and communication with other editorial team members. Maintain understanding of best practices in fact checking and editing through regular professional development. Qualifications include: Four years of experience fact checking or researching for a newsroom, nonprofit, or other content-producing organization Demonstrated experience editing a range of different content types and the ability to fact check a range of work including emails, op-eds, testimony, reports, breaking news investigations. Knowledge of AP style Commitment to accuracy, nonpartisanship, and attention to detail. Demonstrated commitment to working in a collaborative, respectful manner demonstrating a strong commitment to POGO’s justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion principles. Demonstrated track record of taking initiative to solve problems and adapt to changing circumstance --- Source: weworkremotely - Project On Government Oversight
