Journalist x 2 (1 permanent role and 1 fixed-term contract

Hiring Manager

Grace Rahman

Journalist x 2 (1 permanent role and 1 fixed-term contract)

£27,234-£35,000 per year

Remote first within the UK. We work primarily from home but also have an office available in Central London for monthly in‑person meetings with your team and quarterly all‑team meetings. You can expect to travel to the office at least 12 times per year.

Deputy Editor

We have two positions available: A permanent role and a 6-12 month fixed‑term contract. Please indicate in your cover letter whether you are happy to be considered for the permanent role, the fixed‑term contract role or both. We are happy to talk about flexible working.

10am on Tuesday 30 June 2026

The UK’s independent fact checking charity Full Fact is recruiting two Journalists to be part of its editorial team, one on a permanent basis and one on a 6-12 month fixed‑term contract.

If you’re a journalist who cares about tackling misinformation, this is an exciting opportunity to help us fact check false and misleading claims and put reliable evidence at the heart of public debate.

You’ll primarily focus on fact checking online claims, whether on social media or from AI chatbots, but will also support our other fact checking work. You’ll cover everything from hoax posts on Facebook to the latest claims from Westminster, and will have the opportunity to make a measurable difference, learn new skills and have your work seen by millions. You’ll help us monitor online misinformation, research and write fact checks and learn how to identify and expose patterns in misinformation.

You’ll also be working with the wider Full Fact team – for example, helping our AI team to explore new ways of using technology more effectively in our editorial process, and informing our policy and communications work – and will help build our links with other organisations and experts.

If you are interested in applying but are not sure you have all the skills, please do apply. We are open both to supporting learning on the job and to rearranging tasks within the team to suit the skillsets of the best applicant.

You’ll be one of the journalists who are the backbone of our Editorial team, working in a team of four primarily focusing on online misinformation and fact checking breaking news. You may also help us fact check political claims and support our other editorial work.

You’ll be responsible for spotting, exposing and debunking misleading claims, writing a number of fact checks each week, and will also be expected to write other content as required. We’re looking for candidates with some journalism experience and a good understanding of what we do, but prior fact checking experience isn’t necessary. You will need to be able to quickly master and explain tricky, nuanced topics in clear, concise copy—and must have an eye for a story.

• Monitoring for misinformation on social media and elsewhere online with the help of Full Fact’s AI tools, ensuring we can quickly identify the most harmful viral claims
• Pitching fact checks based on a good understanding of the misinformation landscape and Full Fact’s aims
• Producing accurate, engaging and publication‑ready copy to tight deadlines
• Ensuring we hit agreed output targets, including for Third Party Fact Checking
• Improving our understanding of online misinformation and what can be done to combat its spread
• Engaging with other teams to further the work of Full Fact
• Developing contacts, subject knowledge and expertise across the online and politics domains
• As required, supporting Full Fact’s wider editorial work to produce fact checks and explainers, calling out bad and promoting good information respectively

• You are committed to the political neutrality of our work and have a good understanding of impartiality (please see the rules on our website)
• Understanding of public debate in the UK and sensitivity to the political context we work in

• Strong research and writing skills, preferably with professional…