Research Editor & Fact Checker 1 (Editor I/II/III)

Planet Money and The Indicator are two of the biggest daily podcasts around, reaching a combined audience of close to five million people each week online and on-air. We’re a tight-knit group of journalists that move fast and pride ourselves on storytelling standards as high as our journalism standards. We put out a lot of journalism every week. Five short episodes of the Indicator, two longer episodes of Planet Money and sometimes TikToks, events and occasionally a comic book. We need someone up for fact checking all of that – with the help of the rest of the team. Someone who can help improve our team practices around research and fact gathering. We are looking for a curious, self-motivated, healthy skeptic who loves getting into the weeds and is driven to get the facts 100% right and use language correctly, but without making a paragraph confusing or bland. In addition, we hope to find someone who, like us, is never bored with finance and economics, but is definitely bored by the generic coverage of it. Our coverage agenda is driven by the curiosity and lived experience of our staff, and as such, we benefit from a diverse staff as we try to represent America and the world more fully. Candidates from historical underrepresented groups and backgrounds are especially encouraged to apply.