Jr. Fact Checker – Professional Website (Remote)
Location: Remote
Pay Rate: $25/hr (Weekly Pay)
Schedule: Part-time – Flexible schedule (Must work 20 hours per week)
Duration: 12-month contract (Great potential for extension)
***Please Note: Must have experience fact-checking statistics and content for a professional website, ideally within journalism or a similar editorial environment.
About the Company
Our client is a thriving educational technology company that envisions a world where anyone, anywhere can transform their life by accessing the world’s best learning experiences. Their mission and vision unite the team around ambitious goals and a shared passion for education.
The organization fosters a strong, collaborative culture, where employees connect through shared interests including meals, music, volunteering, sports, and community events.
The team is currently focused on expanding the reach of the company’s brand and bringing new learners to the platform, connecting students to degree programs, attracting enterprise customers — including businesses, governments, and campuses — and creating a marketing ecosystem that supports learners throughout their professional journeys.
Role Overview
As a Fact Checker, you will be part of the SEO Strategic Content team and play a key role in building trust in the company by ensuring content is accurate, error-free, and aligned with legal and brand guidelines.
Fact checkers must be able to research both the granular details (Is this name spelled correctly? Is this plus/minus number correct?) and the big-picture accuracy (Does the thesis hold up under scrutiny? Do the facts in the first paragraph align with those in the seventh paragraph?).
You will be responsible for verifying content accuracy and developing a reliable library of sources for both current and future content topics.
This role is ideal for someone who is extremely organized, detail-oriented, and passionate about research.
Responsibilities
• Verifying the accuracy of information across a wide range of subject areas
• Building and maintaining a sourcing library for current and future topical areas
• Guiding the Strategic Content team to ensure compliance with legal and editorial guidelines
• Communicating clearly and professionally with editors, writers, and producers to ensure necessary edits are completed accurately
• Conducting thorough research to gather and verify facts while organizing claims and supporting sources
• Uploading fact-checked content into the CMS and confirming proper formatting
Basic Qualifications
• 1–8 years of experience working as a Fact Checker within journalism or for a professional website
• Experience with at least one Content Management System (CMS) such as Contentful or similar
• Experience with Airtable, Asana, or similar project management tools
• Familiarity with the Chicago Manual of Style
• A genuine passion for research and the ability to go beyond simple Google searches
• Experience following a structured fact-checking process to ensure content is accurate, error-free, and aligned with legal and brand guidelines
• Strong foundation in fact-checking best practices
• Ability to research and confirm details such as:
- Correct spelling of names
- Accuracy of numbers or statistics
- Consistency of facts throughout the content
- • Experience using online research resources to verify claims and statistical data (e.g., verifying salary data or backing up statistical claims)
- • Familiarity with journalism best practices
•Must be able to commit to 20 hours per week
- If currently working full-time, schedule must be very flexible
•Requires daily availability for brief check-ins and ability to meet weekly deadlines
• Bonus: Experience working for a larger global organization
• Experience working remotely, managing time independently in a high-volume environment
• Ability to communicate professionally with editors, writers, and producers to ensure edits are implemented correctly
• Ability to meet tight deadlines and work efficiently under pressure in a part-time role
• Excellent communication, critical reading, and writing skills
• Extremely organized with meticulous attention to detail
TCWGlobal is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on age, ethnicity, gender, nationality, religious belief, or sexual orientation.
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