Southeast Regional Editor

Description:

The Southeast regional editor is a passionate, ethical journalist and hands-on professional who participates in the team’s planning processes, ensuring its short- and long-term execution, and leads our efforts to report on, curate and share the nation’s most relevant daily and enterprise news content across multiple platforms in specified U.S. states.

Responsibilities

• Supervise reporters, manage planning of coverage of Southeast U.S. region (with a particular focus on Louisiana and Florida) and edit daily news stories and post to TheCenterSquare.com
• Report on state government activity, monitor legislative and policy developments that affect the region, and use public records and databases to ferret out waste, fraud and abuse.
• Recruit freelance journalists to help cover the region; assign stories to freelance journalists, and edit stories.
• Travel to Louisiana a few times a year to meet with reporters, sources, etc....
• Promote The Center Square stories to local and regional media partners in the states
• Cultivate trusted sources to provide leads on potential stories, including those inside and outside government, think tanks, academia, unions and the business community.
• Monitor the state media landscape to identify popular topics and potential media partners.
• Assists with managing social media sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher.
• Background in journalism or journalistic functions.
• Experience reporting and editing for print, web, radio, and/or television.
• Strong written, investigative, editing and verbal communication skills.
• Familiarity with state legislative policy issues.
• Ability to uncover original stories and break them.
• Entrepreneurial approach and ability to work independently.
• Excellent, proactive communicator.
• Demonstrated understanding of planning and budgeting processes.

• Ability to travel on an as-needed basis, including regionally or nationally when called upon.
• Strong commitment to the principles of personal responsibility and free enterprise.

How to apply

Qualified candidates should submit the following application :

•   Cover letter describing your interest in the position and The Center Square’s mission, as well as your salary requirements

•   Resume

•   Links to published reporting examples

 Applications should be submitted to jobs@thecentersquare.com