Freelancer, Farsi language skills

Description

NewsGuard is looking for a freelance journalist with Farsi language skills to assist in NewsGuard’s reporting on Iranian foreign influence operations and campaigns across global media ecosystems. This freelancer will also assist the News Verification team with monitoring, detecting, and debunking of false claims to contribute to NewsGuard’s continuously updated False Claims Fingerprints datastream. 

Key responsibilities include: 

• Monitoring for false claims across platforms
• Identifying false narratives to be investigated
• Reporting and writing on high-priority or time-sensitive false narratives

This freelancer will also have opportunities to contribute to NewsGuard’s other products that cover online falsehoods, such as special reports or NewsGuard’s Reality Check newsletter.

We’re looking for candidates with:

• Excellent, writing, reporting, and fact-checking skills with a strong eye for detail — experience with fact checks or other reports on false claims is a plus
• Knowledge of Iranian and Middle Eastern politics and media
• Experience navigating social media platforms and apps for falsehoods
• The ability and enthusiasm to quickly learn NewsGuard’s style and apply it in editing work
• Have two to three years of fact-checking experience or other relevant professional experience.
• Consume and engage with news in various formats, ranging from podcasts and streaming services, to the digital versions of “legacy” news outlets. 
• Approach the role in a determinedly apolitical, non-ideological manner.
• Be committed to NewsGuard’s mission and vision.
• Reads Farsi 

To apply: Send your resume and cover letter to [email protected]