The Ventura County Star is looking for a strong community-focused editor to help maintain and grow our local news coverage. The editor will be responsible for daily coverage of up to five local communities, developing story ideas, assigning stories and editing for print and online. This coverage will be primarily non-governmental affairs news and features from these communities.

The Star is the primary news source for Ventura County, Calif. It is a diverse county in terms of business, demographics and interests. The Star takes seriously its role in representing and covering all aspects of news and information of interest to all those communities.

This editor will work primarily with freelance writers in making sure each community sees The Star as its hometown news source.

The successful applicant should have background in community journalism, preferably as both a reporter and editor, and be able to work daily with members of the community helping determine the stories that should be covered. The applicant will work closely with other editors in making assignments and copy editing.  The applicant also will actively work with digital media platforms include the Star website and social media sites.

We offer a competitive compensation package including base salary, paid time off, medical, dental, vision and disability benefits.

Ventura County Star is part of the E.W. Scripps Company, a diverse 134-year-old media enterprise with interests in television stations, newspapers, local news and information web sites.

For a more detailed job description and to apply, please visit our careers site at www.scripps.com and select requisition #4994.