Collaborative Editor

Date Posted	October 09, 2025
Industry	Newspapers
Specialty	Investigative
Remote / Telecommute	Hybrid
Job Status	Full-time
Salary	$87,000- $91,000

Description:

The USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, founded in 2004, is seeking to hire a veteran editor to lead our award-winning non-profit journalism collaborative focused on health and health equity and working with ethnic media news outlets across California. The Collaborative News Editor will create educational programming, serve as project editor, mentor reporters at different skills levels and lead a learning and reporting effort that will involve 5-7 ethnic media outlets in California. As project manager, you’ll nurture esprit de corps and build a virtual newsroom among the reporters, newsroom leaders and their editorial colleagues, brainstorming on story ideas, editing copy and developing a learning curriculum with the program design and priorities established in collaboration with participating newsrooms. You will also be expected to track outcomes and contribute to reports on our progress. Here are prior stories from the past two years of the initiative, which won 14 regional and national awards in its first year.

This is a 40 hour per week, grant-funded, hybrid, staff position based in Los Angeles, with a two-day-weekly in-office requirement.  

Preferred Qualifications:

Successful candidates should have at least 3-5 years in an editorial leadership role and demonstrated expertise in reporting and/or editing on social welfare, equity, health and health policy topics. Editing and project management experience are a must. Bilingual skills are a plus as are cross-platform skills. Journalists with experience in the ethnic media sector and candidates familiar with the California health policy landscape are especially encouraged. We seek applicants who are creative and enterprising with strong project management and editing skills, a collaborative spirit, health journalism expertise and the ability to keep a team on track, managing both long term goals and responding to breaking news opportunities and newsroom challenges.

Salary Range and Additional Information:

• The annual salary range for this position is $87,000- $91,000. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.
• Job openings are posted for a minimum of (5) five business days. This job may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended, so please apply on the same business day if interested.
• USC has excellent benefits, including health benefits for staff and their family with access to the renowned university medical network; eligibility for retirement plans; tuition benefits for staff and their family; central Los Angeles location with easy access to commuter trains, transit subsidy program, buses and free tram pick up services; discounts to sporting and other campus events.

Applications should be submitted via usccarreers.usc.edu and should include the following:

• Resume or CV and a cover letter, (Our system will allow you to add additional documentation by clicking the “upload” button in the same section where you attach your resume.)
• If you are a current USC employee, please visit the Career Worklet on the Workday Homepage and select “Find Jobs” to view USC Jobs.

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https://usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-angeles/collaborative-editor/1209/86968449392