Royal College of Pharmacy
Deputy News Editor
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Role: Deputy News Editor
Location: London
To support The Pharmaceutical Journal’s News Editor in gathering and writing news on a daily basis, as well as commissioning and editing news two days per week. The Deputy News Editor will take responsibility for ensuring a regular stream of exclusive clinical and policy news, analyses and opinion articles, and host episodes of the PJ’s podcast in line with our publishing schedule.
Main Responsibilities:
- To assist the News & Views Editor in sourcing, selecting, writing, commissioning and editing news stories and ensuring it is accurate, legally sound, and published in a timely way.
- To ensure a regular stream of exclusive news on clinical and policy topics.
- To research and write longer analyses on news topics and carry out interviews, as required.
- To develop relevant contacts within the pharmacy and health sector and to keep abreast of developments in this area.
- To assist the Art Editor with the selection of pictures and illustrations to accompany news content.
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Requirements:
- Journalist with at least two years’ experience of breaking exclusive news stories, ideally in the health/scientific sector.
- Strong news sense and interest in clinical topics.
- Strong interest in multimedia journalism.
- Experience of writing long-form analysis pieces.
- Proven writing ability.
- Undergraduate degree, preferably in science, pharmacy, or medicine.
How we are currently working:
Royal College of Pharmacy supports and works in a hybrid way, which means you will be able to work from home. However, there will be an expectation for collaborative face-to-face working – on average and typically this may be something between 4-8 working days per month at our London Office.
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🗓️ Closing date: 4/8/2026
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We are passionate about creating a culture of belonging, inclusion, and diversity. These are part of our core values at Royal College of Pharmacy, and we are striving to have an organization that represents the diversity of the profession. At Royal College of Pharmacy, we do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, age, or disability and we encourage applications from all backgrounds.
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