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.

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 Office.

🗓️ Closing date: 4/8/2026

If you would like to learn more about the role, view our job description 👈

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