Fact Checker/Editor

The organization is seeking a Fact Checker and Editor to manage and review various written projects, ensuring accuracy, fairness, and alignment with justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion principles. The role involves collaboration, fact-checking, editing, and maintaining style guides, with a focus on nonpartisan content.

Location: Remote (US)

Salary: $68K–$80K/yr

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple projects simultaneously, often under tight deadlines.
• Review, assess, and provide feedback to ensure written projects are accurate, fair, clear, and nonpartisan.
• Assist with proofreading.
• Maintain POGO’s style guide.
• Collaborate with writers to help their ideas and stories succeed.
• Brainstorm, develop, and implement ways to ensure written products reflect commitment to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Maintain close collaboration and communication with other editorial team members.
• Maintain understanding of best practices in fact checking and editing through regular professional development.

Requirements

• Four years of experience fact checking or researching for a newsroom, nonprofit, or other content-producing organization.
• Demonstrated experience editing a range of different content types and the ability to fact check a range of work including emails, op-eds, testimony, reports, breaking news investigations.
• Knowledge of AP style.
• Commitment to accuracy, nonpartisanship, and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated commitment to working in a collaborative, respectful manner demonstrating a strong commitment to POGO’s justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion principles.
• Demonstrated track record of taking initiative to solve problems and adapt to changing circumstances.
• Ability to manage confidential information with discretion.
• Familiarity with US federal government policy, structure, and operations (preferred).
• Familiarity with general principles and best practices for public sector transparency and accountability (preferred).

Benefits

• Health, dental and vision insurance.
• 403(b) employee investment plan with employer contribution.
• Life insurance, short-term and long-term disability coverage.
• Paid holiday, vacation, and sick leave.

Additional Information

• This is a full-time, nonexempt, at-will position.
• Position is grant funded for one year, with continued employment contingent upon receipt of grant funds.
• Position is eligible for remote work within the US during work hours of 9AM-6PM EST.
• Application deadline: Aug 5th, 2026.
• Submit cover letter and resume; no phone calls.