About the role

  • Online Editor at ZEIT managing current news reports across various domains and delivering quality journalism. Collaborating with the newsdesk team in a hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities

  • 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.

Job title

Online Editor, News

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Location requirements

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