Burmese Digital Verification Journalist

Place description

AFP, one of many world’s main information businesses, is looking for a Bangkok primarily based digital verification journalist with robust digital investigation and exact writing expertise to battle in opposition to mis/disinformation in Myanmar.

The function is an thrilling alternative to be part of AFP’s fast-growing fact-checking community, which has seen it take a number one function within the international battle in opposition to mis/disinformation.

The profitable applicant shall be required to write down fact-check experiences in English and in Burmese about mis/disinformation circulating within the area. On occasion, he/she will even be inspired to pitch and write tales on mis/disinformation for the wire.

In an ever-changing media surroundings, the character of the job might evolve according to protection calls for and the necessities of an more and more various consumer base.

Whereas the journalist will specialize in fact-checking, duties will even lengthen to different reporting roles within the bureau relying on the calls for of the every day information protection.

The profitable candidate will contribute to the battle in opposition to mis/disinformation and may have undertaken digital verification training.

Most popular expertise

• The place requires an agile journalist who can simply navigate on-line mis/disinformation and display experience in digital verification methods and instruments and a very good understanding of main social media platforms — together with Fb, Twitter, TikTok, YouTube, and encrypted chat apps

• Glorious writing and modifying expertise, good communication expertise, each written and oral are needed, as a capability to multitask

• Candidates should have wonderful English and be fluent in each spoken and written Burmese, whereas different regional languages could be an asset

• The best candidate might want to present talents to work in a fast-paced multimedia newsroom and meet tight deadlines

• Different media expertise — together with in pictures, video and graphics — would even be precious

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