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SmartNews, Inc.

News Editor (Contract)

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AI overview

In this role, you will work largely independently to handle day-to-day news programming operations and monitor breaking news.

Overview

SmartNews is looking for a U.S. East Coast-based editor with strong news judgment, real-time digital news production experience, knowledge of content operations, and the ability to juggle tasks independently in a fast-paced environment.

  • We’re seeking someone who’s driven by the urgency of breaking news and who can thrive under pressure to get information out quickly to those who need it. You should be able to understand news narratives and the media landscape as a whole, and be able to easily identify engaging and fun stories as well.

  • SmartNews’s editorial team is responsible for sending breaking news through push notifications, news curation, and helping to develop new content experiences within the app.

  • In this role, you will work largely independently to handle day-to-day news programming operations across SmartNews and monitor breaking news.

Terms and Conditions

  • Pay Rate: $35-$40 per hour
  • Working hours: 30 hours per week, potentially more, including Sundays
  • Work Place: Remote
  • The duration of the contract: 1H 2026

Requirements

  • 5+ years’ experience in digital media, breaking news, and journalism.
  • Expert knowledge of AP Style.
  • Knowledge of remote-work software, including Slack, Google Drive and Google Meet.
  • Expert news judgment, an ability to think critically and read between the lines, as well as a demonstrated understanding of journalism ethics.
  • Knowledge of and proficiency with social media platforms.
  • Great communication skills, comfort working independently and in a remote environment.
  • Experience with digital publishing and tools, smartphone apps (particularly news) and/or ability to quickly learn new software and platforms.
SmartNews, Inc.

Our mission News should be for everyone. But not when it’s buried under cat videos—or when your internet is spotty—or when it’s in a filter bubble. That’s why we created SmartNews. Our mission is "delivering the world's quality information to the people who need it".ニュースはすべての人たちのもの。インターネット上の大量な動画やフィルターバブルによって、その人にとって本当に大切な情報が埋もれてしまわぬよう、我々はSmartNewsを創り、"世界中の良質な情報を必要な人に送り届ける"べく 一丸となってこの大きな課題に取り組んでいます。Our ValuesThree keywords below are SmartNews Core Values. All of our employees always believe in them.私たちは、以下の３つのスマートニュースコアバリューを胸に行動しています。1. For the Common Good2. Be the Owner3. Have Appreciation We believe in technologyHow do you deliver the world’s most important information to the people who need it automatically, in real-time? How do you determine what makes a quality story or what people want to read? This is a problem both on a planetary and individual scale, and requires many different disciplines to solve.世界中の良質な情報をいかに届けるか。膨大な情報の中から良質なものを選定し、カテゴライズし、それをリアルタイムで実現する。我々はテクノロジーを信じ、スケーラブルな問題解決に魂を注いでいます。SmartNews Engineering Blog (in Japanese): https://developer.smartnews.com/blog/

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