News Editor at Code for Africa (CfA)
The ideal candidate combines strong investigative instincts
with exceptional newsdesk management experience and has a proven ability to
turn messy, complex research into clean, compelling editorial products. You
should be comfortable working with structured data, digital verification
techniques, and tight deadlines — all while juggling multiple formats, from
longform exposés to donor updates and briefing memos. Experience in African
media, OSINT workflows, and collaborative newsroom tools is essential.
Responsibilities: Your daily responsibilities
will include:
- You
will manage the iLAB diary and deadlines for investigative reports,
insights, and online content for our online platforms and partners,
ensuring that it is delivered on time, is well-written and meets rigorous
editorial standards.
- Managing
the editorial production process and content diaries for the iLAB,
producing analytic and investigative reports.
- Scheduling
and running the weekly ‘insights diary’ used to shape iLAB reports and
investigative outputs.
- Ensuring
that analytical and investigative outputs are aligned with organisational
goals and lead to meaningful outcomes.
- You
will select and prioritise editorial leads for iLAB journalists based on
the trends and insights of analysts and forensic investigators, as well as
algorithmic ‘listening’ or media monitoring tools, to help ensure we focus
our attention on the most harmful misinformation/conspiracies.
- You
will facilitate editorial planning meetings at which editorial
leads/assignments are brainstormed and allocated to in-country
journalists/researchers, with clear editorial briefs and submission
deadlines.
Required: minimum requirements include
- Minimum
10 years of editorial management experience, ideally in high-pressure,
investigative, or data-intensive newsrooms (business, finance, or politics
are a plus).
- Investigative
reporting or editing background, with clear experience handling sensitive
topics, disinformation, organised crime, or illicit financial flows.
- OSINT
or disinformation monitoring experience — familiarity with foreign
information manipulation tactics and narrative tracking is a major
advantage.
- Strong
editorial judgment, with the ability to turn messy research into sharp,
structured stories.
- Excellent
editing and writing skills, especially for fast-paced, high-clarity
content.
- Proficiency
in collaborative editorial tools like Google Docs, Trello, Slack, etc.
- Confidence
managing remote, multilingual teams and multiple story formats.
- Meticulous
attention to detail, with the ability to work collaboratively in a
deadline-driven environment. This includes being an organisational whiz
who can prioritise multiple simultaneous tasks while at the same time
having the people skills needed to engage diplomatically and collaborate
effectively with colleagues under tight deadlines.
- Demonstrable
ability to self-manage, creating your own and wider team timelines and
milestones with clear systems/processes.
Environmental Investigative Analyst at Code for Africa (CfA)
The investigative analyst will play a central role in surfacing and analysing large datasets drawn from media platforms, lobbying disclosures, environmental records, and OSINT sources. The analyst will help identify and classify bad actors, map coordinated disinformation campaigns, and produce evidence-backed insights for public-facing investigations and advocacy. Duties include developing data methodologies, scraping and cleaning datasets and creating visual comparisons (such as region-vs-region and year-on-year indices).
Responsibilities: Your daily responsibilities
will include:
- Monitor
and analyse online environmental information manipulation with a focus on
climate change denial/delayism, lobbying, greenwashing, and anti-science
rhetoric.
- Identify
and categorise bad actors across sub-groups (media amplifiers, corporate
lobbyists, pseudo-scientists, bots).
- Develop
yearly Toxic Ten rankings and comparison indices (region-vs-region,
year-on-year).
- Scrape,
clean, and analyse large datasets including social media activity, media
content archives, and environmental reporting databases.
- Track
coordinated influence campaigns and networked misinformation flows using
OSINT and environmental data sources.
- Map
funding trails, affiliations, or campaign strategies behind denialist
groups or narratives.
- Build
robust methodologies for identifying and classifying denial/delay content
using a mix of qualitative and quantitative tools.
- Work
with editorial, design, and tech teams to produce public-facing
investigations, dashboards, or infographics.
What We Offer:
- A
competitive salary, subject to experience, with opportunities for
performance-based growth, both in terms of career path and public stature.
- Medical
insurance cover, underwritten by a remote-first provider to ensure cover
wherever you are
- A
dynamic workplace, with a transnational team, occasional international
travel, and generous vacation benefits.
- Ongoing
opportunities to learn new cutting-edge skills and techniques/technologies
to future-proof yourself in a rapidly evolving industry.
- A
chance to shine on a global stage, writing for international audiences and
interacting with colleagues around the world.
Required: minimum requirements include:
- 2+
years of experience in environmental research, data journalism, or
disinformation monitoring.
- Background
in climate science, environmental policy, or related fields strongly
preferred.
- Strong
technical fluency in data analysis using Python, R, or similar tools;
knowledge of SQL and database handling.
- Comfortable
with OSINT investigations, especially around media monitoring, lobby
tracking, and influence networks.
- Ability
to develop and present data-driven stories to non-technical audiences
- Prior
experience working with environmental NGOs, climate activists, or
monitoring policy lobbyists.
- Knowledge
of African climate contexts and policy debates
- Experience
using tools like Gephi, Maltego, Meltwater, Meta’s Content Library or
EarthData.