Job Description
CNN Digital is the most powerful news brand on the internet, reaching millions of people across platforms and around the world every day. We are journalists, designers and technologists, all united by a powerful mission to inform, engage and empower the world. Join the most trusted and recognized name in news and be a part of a dynamic global team of smart, collaborative and thoughtful journalists doing essential work at a critical time.
The Job
CNN is starting a new team covering misinformation and we're searching for reporters to be part of it. What does that mean exactly? Let's put it this way: We're looking for people to cover reality. That includes the uses and abuses and distortions of it, the people twisting it, and the effect that twisting is having on all of us, from schools closed over rumors about TikTok challenges to vaccine refusal to extremism and insurrection.
The person for this job should live on the internet, and be intimately aware of its darkest corners. They should be capable of doing a quick news story or of spending days or weeks obsessing about a subject. They should be the kind of person for whom seeing any inaccuracy anywhere, whether large or small, is like hearing nails on a chalkboard, who gets angry when they see liars taking advantage of or victimizing innocent people. They shouldn't be able to walk past a rabbit hole without being desperate to jump in to see where it leads. And they should be able to tell a story that people can't help reading.
The Daily
• Investigate misinformation, hoaxes and untruths of all kinds.
• Debunk myths.
• Keep tabs on misinformation bubbling up around the internet.
• Work on impactful enterprise and investigative stories.
• Turn around quick articles about breaking news on the beat.
• Potentially publish in forms other than articles, such as newsletters.
• Follow the money: who's behind the fake news? Where does it come from? Who are the advertisers?
• Think about and cover the role played by mainstream outlets.
• Think creatively about what should be part of this beat and how it should be covered.
• Collaborate with a number of other teams at CNN.
The Essentials
• 4+ years of writing and reporting experience.
• Strong interviewing and writing skills.
• Intimate knowledge of and fascination with the parts of the internet and media from which misinformation bubbles up.
• A passion for detailed research and fact-checking, and a high level of proficiency in both.
• This position is required to work in person at one of our locations in the United States. WarnerMedia re quires anyone working in our workplaces in the US to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Exemptions to this vaccine requirement are available to those entitled to reasonable accommodations for religious or medical reasons.
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