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06 Sep 2026 · 11:23 UTC
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Careers

Every opening is posted here first, with the salary in the posting. Nothing is open at the moment.

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no openings · 0 of 0

The board is empty right now

Nothing is being recruited for. When a role opens it appears here the same day, before it goes anywhere else, and stays until it is filled or withdrawn.

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Roles we hire for

None of these is open. The list is here so you can judge whether it is worth watching the board, and the dates show how often each one actually comes up.

Role Desk Last posted
Wire reporter markets Mar 2026
Wire reporter security Nov 2025
Desk editor policy Sep 2025
Overnight editor all desks Jun 2025
Data reporter business Feb 2025
Backend engineer engineering Jan 2025
Standards editor newsroom never posted
Roles recruited in the last two years and when each was last advertised
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How hiring works

1 Application. A form on the posting: your details, and answers to two or three questions about the work. No cover letter, and nothing you have to write from scratch about yourself.
2 Work sample. A filing exercise against a real deadline, taken from an event that has already passed. It is paid at the role's hourly rate, and it is never work we could publish.
3 Two conversations. One with the desk you would join, one with an editor from a different desk. Both are about the work; neither is a test of enthusiasm.
4 Decision. Within five working days of the last conversation, with reasons, whichever way it goes.
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What we can state now

These hold for every posting, so they are worth reading before one appears rather than after.

  • The salary range is in the posting. There is no negotiation about whether it will be disclosed.
  • The newsroom works across time zones rather than from one place; postings state the hours a role must cover, not the city it must sit in.
  • Wire work includes nights and weekends on rotation. Postings say which rotation applies.
  • Reporters may not hold positions in the companies or instruments their desk covers — see /editorial-standards/, clause 7.1.
  • No unpaid trials, no speculative assignments, and no work sample that could be published.
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Speculative applications

We do not keep a file of unsolicited applications. Holding a CV for a year and then not looking at it helps nobody, so we would rather tell you plainly than let you assume otherwise.

The alert above is the whole mechanism. If you want to be considered, that is the way to hear about it in time.

Board updated 04 Aug 2026 · Openings appear here and in the alert list at the same time
Related: /about/ · /how-we-report/ · /editorial-standards/