Health Correspondent

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Fuller Project

Remote (global)
  • Career category: Comms/ Digital/ Media
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: Other (specified in job description)
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: Remote (global)
  • Right to work requirements: Anyone can apply
  • Remuneration: $77,500 USD-$90,500 USD / yearly
  • Work schedule: Full-time
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 21/07/2025
  • Location: Remote (global)
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About us

The Fuller Project is an award-winning global newsroom dedicated to publishing groundbreaking reporting that catalyzes positive change for women. Since 2015, our reporting has helped end life-threatening practices, led to large scale releases of public data, and prompted the introduction of new legislation.

About the role  

The Health Correspondent will have deep expertise covering global health, public health, health and medical research  and will use their understanding of the relationship between global and public health issues and gender inequality to reveal, educate, inspire and inform The Fuller Project’s audiences with engaging and impactful journalism. 

This role reports to the Editor-in-Chief and has a high degree of autonomy. It is expected that the Health Correspondent will work closely with editors to shape this beat and will collaborate with the Head of Community, social, video and newsletter producers to launch appropriate editorial products in different formats – text, video, audio and events – that meet audience needs. 

Key responsibilities

  • Owns, shapes, defines and iterates the health beat at The Fuller Project
  • Originates and delivers a range of multi-format output (from explainers and Q&As to investigations and data analysis)
  • Develops and launches relevant editorial products for this beat area (for example, a newsletter or podcast series) 
  • Uses extensive network of contacts and sources to bring freshest, actionable insights and perspectives to audiences 
  • Directly engages with audiences to better understand and serve their needs 
  • Works with freelance journalists – can shape a story edit when required alongside Multimedia Editor
  • Ensures all global health output adheres to The Fuller Project’s editorial standards and style guide 
  • Conceptualizes rollout plans and engagement opportunities for major story rollouts and editorial project launches to drive meaningful impact 

Qualifications

  • Global health subject matter expert with an excellent track record of reporting and producing high-quality journalism output that explores topics such as: physical health, mental health, obstetric violence, wellness, Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), long covid, health misinformation, wellbeing, health research, and family and community health 
  • Proven track record of producing exceptional reporting and storytelling that shapes the discourse, engages and enlightens people 
  • Is able to join the dots between your beat and wider societal trends 
  • Demonstrated capacity to lead a subject area or project from ideation and planning to execution 
  • Evidence of ability to work well in a small and agile journalism organization, responding to evolving audience needs and market shifts
  • Understanding of journalistic standards and media law essential 
  • Excellent written and verbal English 
  • Demonstrated use of audience insights in previous editorial output
  • Experience reporting complex, sensitive stories outside of your country of residence
  • Enjoys working in a team, with different disciplines contributing to the reporting project
  • Interested in impact and has ideas for how to increase impact of reporting
  • Data journalism skills highly desired

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