Writer

Warner Bros. Discovery is hiring a Feature Writer based in Hong Kong at their 41 Heung Yip Road offices. This role sits within CNN’s Global Productions team, where the writer will produce long-form digital editorial content across sustainability, business, culture and travel verticals. It suits an experienced digital journalist with a strong portfolio in narrative feature writing and a background in editorial publishing environments.

About the Role

The writer joins CNN’s Global Productions editorial team, contributing to the network’s digital publishing operation across international audiences. Day-to-day work involves pitching and producing deeply reported feature articles, building stories within CMS platforms, and collaborating with editors, visual teams and content insights specialists to shape the editorial package. The role also touches sponsored content, requiring the writer to work across both editorial and commercial objectives without compromising CNN’s standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Pitch and produce long-form digital feature articles with clear narrative structure and strong editorial judgment across topics including travel, culture, business and sustainability.
• Work directly with the Executive Producer and Copy Editors to develop both editorial and sponsored features that meet CNN Digital audience growth targets.
• Build and publish stories within CMS platforms, applying analytics tools to track and optimize content performance after publication.
• Write headlines and captions calibrated for digital publishing, with an understanding of how metadata and framing affect discoverability.
• Provide first-edit input on contributions from junior writers or external contributors as part of the wider digital content workflow.
• Contribute to multi-format editorial packages, including data-led pieces, visual galleries and interactive storytelling elements alongside the visual and video teams.

What You Bring

• A portfolio of published long-form digital feature writing across multiple editorial verticals.
• Proven experience in a journalism or digital publishing environment, with a track record of developing well-researched, narrative-driven stories.
• Comfort working with data and multimedia storytelling formats as part of standard digital publishing workflow.
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines and collaborate with international editorial teams across time zones.
• Strong instincts for generating original story ideas informed by audience insight and global trends.

Why This Role

CNN’s Global Productions team operates across a genuinely international editorial footprint, and this Hong Kong posting places the writer at the centre of the network’s Asia-Pacific digital publishing output. Warner Bros. Discovery’s scale across digital media means the work reaches significant global audiences, with real resources behind editorial production. For a feature writer looking to work on substantial long-form journalism within a major digital publishing operation, the scope here is considerable.

Apply now for the Feature Writer position at Warner Bros. Discovery and bring your editorial experience to one of the world’s most recognised names in digital journalism.