Editor - AFP

Job Vacancy:  Editor - AFP
Location:  Hong Kong

Job description

Agence France-Presse (AFP), one of the world’s leading news agencies, is looking for a dynamic, experienced editor to join its English-language news desk at its Asia-Pacific headquarters in Hong Kong.

The desk produces multimedia stories for AFP’s global audience. While there is a primary focus on the Asia-Pacific, desk editors will also become involved in stories from around the globe at short notice or on dedicated shifts covering other world regions.

The role is primarily to edit and write text copy to world-class standards, while embedding AFP’s rich visual content into multimedia formats.

Candidates must demonstrate very strong news judgement, be multimedia-minded and able to generate ideas across all formats, have a very strong knowledge of the Asia-Pacific and its complex range of stories, possess strong management skills and display a high quality of writing.

The role can lead to reporting assignments and longer-term correspondent postings, as well as opportunities to work across the organisation’s other editorial departments.

Other than that, the role will closely monitor social media and strictly adhere to the Agency’s guidelines on social media activity. As a general rule, the successful candidate commits to respecting AFP’s ethics charter as well as all the editorial guidelines in force and in the Agency’s style guide.

In an ever-changing media environment, the nature of the job could evolve in line with coverage demands and the requirements of an increasingly diverse client base.

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