Freelance Journalists
Orato World Media is seeking freelance journalists to create and produce stories for the site.
- 4 years ago
September 22, 2020
Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash
Orato World Media is relaunching our first-person, true-story website and seeking freelance journalists to create and produce stories for the site.
All freelancer journalists will:
- Be compensated for qualified Orato content.
- Verify the identity of story subjects.
- Fact-check all elements of the content they are producing.
- Compose the story in the first person and in the words of the subject/interviewee.
- Conduct interviews preferably in-person. Failing which, on the phone, and in video calls.
- Take meticulous notes.
- Provide several images and or video/audio clip to run with the story.
- Provide background info for the story to run in a sidebar.
- Work closely with a regional editor to craft the final draft.
Required skills:
- Degree or diploma in journalism or communications preferred.
- Efficient research, interview, and writing skills.
- Knowledge of the culture and region’s background.
- Personable, confident, and curious nature.
- A flair for storytelling.
- Self-motivated.
- Embraces ethical reporting and making a positive contribution to Journalism.
- Passionate about revealing the interview subject’s truth.
Great-to-have skills:
- Experience with WordPress.
- Experience writing in AP or Chicago Style.
- Elevated news judgment.
- Marketing using social media.
For more, go to https://orato.world and view Claim Story page.
