Writer to summarise financial news stories
Budget: $250 – $750 AUD
ABOUT US
We are an Australian digital investment platform that seeks to link investors to investment opportunities . Our content strategy for the platform includes a regular weekly Australian financial news summary. We are wanting to test our concept with 2 or 3 Australian based candidates with skills in journalism and some background in finance.
ABOUT THE TASK
1. We will provide you with 20 news stories from Australian financial newspapers/publications (typically 400 words each).
2. You will be asked to summarise these news stories to around 100 words, highlighting the key theme of the story.
3. You will be provided with our brief news and copyright law guidelines to test your compliance with that in the course of carrying out the summarising.
4. You are to keep time records to enable us to understand how long the process should typically take. We currently estimate that it should take no more than 30 minutes to read the story and summarise it.
ABOUT YOU
You should be Australia based so that you understand which financial news is most relevant to Australian investors . Ideally, you have worked in journalism and have had some experience in financial journalism such that you can understand the importance and relevance of parts of the selected story that is being summarised. As the task may lead to ongoing involvements we would like to know if you are regularly available to carry out this form of work on a regular weekly basis.
WHAT IS REQUIRED
A short application setting out :
- past journalism experience
- knowledge of financial matters or work in financial journalism
- in which country you reside
-what you are currently doing and your general availability
APPLICATIONS CLOSE
Monday 17 January, 2022
We are an Australian digital investment platform that seeks to link investors to investment opportunities . Our content strategy for the platform includes a regular weekly Australian financial news summary. We are wanting to test our concept with 2 or 3 Australian based candidates with skills in journalism and some background in finance.
ABOUT THE TASK
1. We will provide you with 20 news stories from Australian financial newspapers/publications (typically 400 words each).
2. You will be asked to summarise these news stories to around 100 words, highlighting the key theme of the story.
3. You will be provided with our brief news and copyright law guidelines to test your compliance with that in the course of carrying out the summarising.
4. You are to keep time records to enable us to understand how long the process should typically take. We currently estimate that it should take no more than 30 minutes to read the story and summarise it.
ABOUT YOU
You should be Australia based so that you understand which financial news is most relevant to Australian investors . Ideally, you have worked in journalism and have had some experience in financial journalism such that you can understand the importance and relevance of parts of the selected story that is being summarised. As the task may lead to ongoing involvements we would like to know if you are regularly available to carry out this form of work on a regular weekly basis.
WHAT IS REQUIRED
A short application setting out :
- past journalism experience
- knowledge of financial matters or work in financial journalism
- in which country you reside
-what you are currently doing and your general availability
APPLICATIONS CLOSE
Monday 17 January, 2022