Newsmatics Develops and Owns Market-Leading News Tech Used by Millions.
Newsmatics is an independent privately held global News Tech company focused on news technology platform development. Our product line includes EIN Presswire, Affinity Group Publishing, Newsmatics News Index, and Perspectify among others. The company's workforce consists of a global network of talented individuals focused on providing clarity and increasing transparency with respect to news content, while simultaneously striving to help fill local news deserts.
The world is seeing a dangerous rise in propaganda and misinformation purposefully and strategically making its way into media outlets, with some dedicated solely to these harmful activities. Pushing back against these trends is part of our core ethos.
Working with Newsmatics means:
- Being a part of a rapidly growing and expanding company
- Participating in a socially responsible business approach
- Opportunity to work with the cutting edge technologies
- Fully remote working environment
- Continuous opportunities for career growth
- Cooperating with a knowledgeable and friendly team
- Excellent collaboration and support
- Every day is different with a variety of projects to work on
- Full multi-department cross-training
We are currently looking for talented candidates worldwide for these remote positions:
Front Office Customer Support
(US)
Content Moderator
(EU & US)
Ruby Developer
(EU)
Frontend Developer
(EU)
Data Analyst
(EU)
Media Researcher
(EU)
Data Scientist (EU)
We are also a proud industrial partner of the Faculty of Informatics, Masaryk University, Brno, Czechia.
We are looking for students, graduates and faculty to cooperate with us. What we offer:
- Write your thesis using our data in collaboration with our experts.
- Join us as an intern, advisor, or full-time collaborator.
Contact us for more information!
Data Scientist
Are you a resourceful and independent data-lover?
Newsmatics, a News Tech company headquartered in Washington, D.C., is seeking a full-time or part-time data scientist interested in news and media research!
Newsmatics activities cover media monitoring, investigating media bias and ownership, and collecting news articles massively. We are growing a massive News Index. The index will allow us to help readers consume news content wisely, which we are testing with our prototype tool, Perspectify.
Role highlights:
- Fetch data from relational databases (AWS Aurora), time series databases (InfluxDB), use search engine (Manticore)
- Data analysis – using NLP techniques, modeling, or training ML models to solve various news-related problems or BI tasks
- Crafting user-friendly data exploration tools, visualizations, reports, or dashboards
Research directions include:
- Political bias detection – designing, training, or improving on AI models analyzing bias
- News diffusion (how news or ideas spread) across different media sources
- Business predictions based on news
- Designing data exploration tools, interactive visualizations, and dashboards
- Developing smarter, personalized search systems
- Studying social trends
What we offer:
- Self-employment (OSVČ) contract
- Part-time / full-time
- Fully remote and flexible working arrangement with occasional meetups in Brno
- Local buddy in your research activities directly at the Faculty (thesis supervision and general guidance)
- Open and friendly environment with communication via Slack and Google Meet
- The choice to contribute as a News Media Data Scientist or Business Intelligence Analyst
- Exclusive access to the News Index – use it, improve it, or augment it
- Support of a team of news researchers
Qualifications:
- Experience in data science with a professional portfolio including both work-related and personal projects
- Commitment to data-driven method with a meticulous eye to detail, producing high-quality, accurate, and unbiased findings
- Technical proficiency in fetching data from various sources (relational databases, time series databases, APIs)
- Proficiency in data analysis and NLP methods, some experience with LLM use or development of ML models
- Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., Matplotlib, Tableau, Power BI)
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate complex findings in an understandable and accessible manner
If you're passionate about the power of news data, we would love to hear from you at jobs@newsmatics.com.