Editorial Intern - London, United Kingdom - Factal

Description

Factal is a breaking news technology company that helps the world's largest organizations protect people, avoid disruptions and expedite disaster relief when global events put them at immediate risk.

Our internship programme offers aspiring journalists the chance to gain valuable experience in a fast-paced newsroom environment and learn from our skilled global team of editors.

What you'll bring to Factal:

• You're a recent graduate in journalism or a journalismrelated field.
• You can demonstrate your commitment to journalism, either through work experience such as a university paper or writing a personal blog.
• You're organized, diligent and confident working autonomously.
• You'll identify with our key mission to protect people by providing them with the facts.

- (Desirable but not required) You're able to understand multiple languages.


What Factal can offer you:

• Factal covers every single kind of breaking news event, across the world, on a 24hour rolling news schedule. During your threemonth internship, you'll gain an understanding of how we ensure our coverage is both rapid and accurate during fastmoving stories.
• You'll learn how to use social media tools to discover and verify news stories.
• You'll create a portfolio of breaking news coverage which you can draw on in any future role.
• You'll be first in line for consideration when a permanent opportunity to join the Factal team arises.

Interns will work with us on a part-time basis (24 hours per week) which will include a weekend shift. You will be paid the London Living Wage.

This position involves a combination of remote working and working from our London Bridge office, to be discussed further during the interview process.