Breaking News Editor

Description:

Summary/Objective 

We’re looking for an energetic and aggressive journalist who combines strong news judgment and quick decision-making skills with the kind of teaching/coaching approach to editing that turns promising reporters into great ones.

Essential Functions 

You’ll work with reporters and editors on the breaking news team and across the newsroom — as well as visual journalists and our audience engagement team —to handle the biggest breaking news stories of the day. We'll also look to you to launch deeper enterprise off the news, and guide the team toward interesting stories that aren't staring us in the face. Convince us you are a phenom at making things happen -- and someone who is always looking for answers, rather than explaining why things can’t be done. 

Competencies & Skills

• Five years experience as a working journalist, with at least two years as an editor
• Reporting and editing clips that demonstrate sharp news skills and meaningful journalistic impact 
• The ability to juggle multiple stories on varying timelines
• Proficiency with analytics and audience engagement tools 

• A passion for identifying, training, coaching and elevating talented journalists

Supervisory Responsibility

• N/A
   

Travel

• 10%

Required Education

• 4-year college degree (journalism or related fields)

Required Experience

•  Five years prior experience

Preferred Experience

• At least two years editing and five total years in the field

Work Environment

• This job operates in a professional office environment and at the Company and client sites for business meetings and presentations.  This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. This position may be a permanent remote role.

Physical Demands

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear.  The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms and requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies up to 30 pounds.

Other Duties

• This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job.  Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without