Fact-checking Editor, Mexico

Reuters is seeking an experienced editor to lead its Mexico fact-checking service. This hybrid working position is based in Mexico City. **About the role** - Oversee a large fact-checking project that covers the U.S. and Mexico while fostering a positive, collaborative and inclusive work environment - Support fact-check article production in both Spanish and English and build closer ties with the broader Reuters news file - Lead a team of fact-checking journalists covering the region - Collaborate with journalists and editors across the newsroom to develop fact-checking articles and identify news stories - Ensure deliverables outlined in our fact-checking partnerships are met - Strengthen relationships with clients and partners - Explore the latest digital verification techniques and tools - Ensure that stories meet Reuters’ standards for accuracy, speed, balance and clarity - 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 - Produce fact-checking articles or explainers when requiredReadily and enthusiastically adapt to client demands **About you** - At least five years of international news writing and/or editing experience, ideally with a news agency - Impeccable writing in Spanish and English, including a proven track record - Demonstrated experience of editing under tight deadlines and sharing constructive feedback with journalists - People management experience is preferred - Strong reporting and editing skills in English and Spanish, and the ability to work independently - A proven interest in covering U.S. and Mexican politics and deep knowledge of misinformation trends - Experience working in fact-checking/misinformation/digital verification - Strong news judgment and the ability to identify emerging trends and misinformation - Proven ability to work nimbly and quickly with multiple teams LI-EG1 **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. As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace. We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accord