Senior Fact-Checking Producer - Reuters

This 12 month fixed term contract based in Barcelona.

Reuters is looking for a senior journalist with strong reporting and writing skills to join its dynamic fact-checking team. This position involves identifying and fact-checking viral content relating to global misinformation topics and establishing the facts behind them, with a particular focus on the UK and Ireland. The role also requires editing to ensure quality and standards are maintained. The post will also support the Reuters fact-checking team in writing misinformation trend reports and fact-check articles.

The producer will be part of a hybrid work model and based in our Barcelona newsroom.

About the Role

As a Senior Fact-Checking Producer at Reuters, you will:

Work on an exciting project that aims to tackle misinformation on social media. You’ll have a direct impact on how information is consumed across a variety of social media platforms and will be a key stakeholder in setting the record straight.

Identify stories that require fact-checking to address the spread of misinformation on a global scale (with a particular focus on the UK and Ireland).

Proactively write and edit fact checks while fostering a positive, collaborative and inclusive work environment

Enforce Reuters’ editorial and ethical standards, adhering to style, guidelines and policies laid out by the Reuters Trust Principles and the Reuters Handbook of Journalists

Show attention to detail by ensuring stories meet Reuters’ standards for accuracy, speed, balance and clarity

Identify emerging trends and misinformation on various platforms, such as Facebook, X, TikTok and LinkedIn, among others.

Explore latest digital verification techniques and tools

Communicate fact-check findings in a manner that is clear, concise, and free from bias

Work closely with the global Reuters newsroom during breaking news when required

About You

You're a fit for the role of Senior Fact-Checking Producer at Reuters if you:

Be deeply familiar with social media as a news-gathering tool and track trends as to how misinformation travels online.

Demonstrate an analytical and unbiased approach to new stories and be comfortable researching a range of topics independently.

Show a proven interest in covering current affairs and misinformation.

Have demonstrable reporting and news-writing experience. Prior experience as a fact checker is by no means prerequisite.

Demonstrate experience editing under tight deadlines and sharing constructive feedback.

Show a proven interest in covering European affairs and global misinformation, particularly Britain and Ireland.

Show sharp news judgement.

Be able to identify emerging trends and misinformation.

Write crisp and clean copy in English. Fluency in any other European language is a plus.

Be a collaborative team player, comfortable working occasional weekend shifts when required.

If you have any prior experience in social media newsgathering, OSINT or fact-checking, we'd love to hear more about this in your application.

Please Note: This role has a daytime shift pattern and may include occasional weekend shifts. The deadline for applications is Sunday 18th May 2025. Early applications are encouraged.

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What’s in it For You?

At Reuters, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:

Global Career: As a global company, we can offer a truly international career and progression opportunities.

Learning & Development: On the job learning and coaching. We also have a dedicated training team focused on the continuous development of our journalists.

Industry Competitive Benefits:  We offer competitive salary packages and market leading benefits including paid volunteering days.

Perks: Work alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and a team who provide unmatched, award-winning coverage of the world’s most important stories.

About Reuters

Reuters is the world’s largest multimedia news provider. Founded in 1851, it is committed to the Trust Principles of independence, integrity and freedom from bias. With unmatched coverage in over 16 languages, and reaching billions of people worldwide every day, Reuters provides trusted intelligence that powers humans and machines to make smart decisions. It supplies business, financial, national and international news to professionals via desktop terminals, the world's media organizations, industry events and directly to consumers.

About Thomson Reuters

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

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