Digital News Editor/Reporter

Date Posted	October 23, 2025
Industry	Radio
Specialty	Not Specified
Job Status	Full-time
Salary	$67,000-$84,000

Description:

New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR) is seeking an innovative and collaborative journalist to join our newsroom as Digital Editor/Reporter. This person will help oversee and shape NHPR's digital journalism strategy and play a hands-on role in digital reporting, planning and publishing. We are looking for an experienced journalist who will play a key role on the newsroom's editorial team, working with reporters, producers, hosts and editors across content teams to ensure the news content on NHPR.org is timely, ambitious and engaging. They will help ensure that our digital news product aligns with our broadcast reporting, and will also seek out ways to push our journalism into new, creative and impactful directions. The position reports to the News Director and is based in our newsroom in Concord, NH.

Our ideal candidate will have a background in digital, print or broadcast journalism with an instinct for breaking news and a demonstrated commitment to innovation and audience growth. Collaboration is also key to how we work, and we're looking for someone who loves teaming up with others. NHPR is committed to mentoring our staff, including candidates from untraditional professional backgrounds, and helping them develop as journalists and leaders.

This is a full-time, exempt, on-site role based in Concord, NH, reporting to the News Director. The starting salary range for this position is $67,000 - $84,000 based on experience. We also consider internal equity, among other factors, when deciding compensation.

Essential Duties Include:

·         Work in conjunction with the News Director and senior editors to plan NHPR's daily and long-term news coverage and publishing strategy; edit and publish stories on NHPR.org.

·         Work in collaboration with the audience team to oversee NHPR's news site (NHPR.org)

·         Help plan and oversee digital feature reporting in collaboration with reporters, producers and editors, including layout, headlines, SEO and multimedia assets/interactives.

·         Produce original digital reporting as needed, particularly in breaking news situations 

·         Develop new opportunities for data visualizations, interactives and other graphics to supplement NHPR audio/digital stories or as standalone reporting projects.

·         Play a key role on the editorial team, including editing audio newscasts and feature stories when needed.

Other Duties Include:

·         Work with NHPR's audience team to ensure our digital stories reach large and diverse audiences.

·         Ensure that our journalism adheres to the highest ethical standards and practices.

·         Act as a face of the newsroom to external audiences as needed.

·         Participate in on-air fundraising as needed.

·         Other duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications: 

We believe a strong newsroom includes journalists from a range of backgrounds, with different skills, experiences and passions. If you don't meet every qualification we've outlined but are intrigued by this position and feel you could be a good fit, we'd still love to hear from you. Please apply and tell us more about yourself.

·         A minimum of five years of experience working in news media as a reporter, producer, editor or other journalism-related role.

·         Sound news judgment

·         Excellent writing, copy editing and organizational skills, and ability to meet deadlines.

·         Experience in a leadership role on a team or project.

·         Demonstrated news judgment in recognizing the relative importance of a news story and in developing stories appropriately.

·         Experience with digital storytelling and presentation, including visualizations and graphics.

·         Passion and intuition for audio, a keen eye and ear for media trends and audience needs.

·         B.A. or relevant experience.

Other qualifications that might be useful:

·         Experience with Excel and other data presentation tools, including coding.

·         Comfort and skill using social media.

·         Technologically versatile with a willingness to expand skills. Multimedia skills, including experience in producing or editing film and audio, are desirable.

·         Proficiency in a language other than English.

·         Familiarity with audience development practices and experience working with audience development practitioners.

Compensation & Benefits:

This is a full time, exempt position and the salary range for this role is $67,000 to $84,000 annually.

NHPR offers a generous benefits package that includes health and dental insurance; company-paid short and long-term disability; flexible spending accounts; 403(b) savings plan with a company match; and a free on-site fitness center. Employees are entitled to three weeks of vacation time and 14 paid holidays, as well as paid sick and parental leave.

Things to Know About Us:

NHPR is the state's foremost news organization, focused on producing accountability journalism and engaging deeply with the diverse communities and people of the Granite State. For 40 years, NHPR has produced incisive local news on the radio and emerging audio platforms, complementing the national and global reporting of our partners at NPR. NHPR is the winner of multiple National Edward R. Murrow Awards for overall excellence from 2015 through 2023 and a finalist for the 2024 Pulitzer in Audio Journalism. We make nationally prominent podcasts - including Bear Brook, Outside/In, Civics 101 and Document - and have a fast-growing footprint in digital and social media. We have over 23,000 member households, over 60% of which are sustaining members. 

We seek people who are approachable, collaborative, empathetic, optimistic, and solution-minded. Together, we are building a culture based on earned trust, transparency, equity and inclusion. We hold ourselves accountable to our goals and our values. NHPR is intent on being public radio for all of New Hampshire, and to expanding our audience and advancing our mission and vision by deepening our engagement with diverse people and communities across the state and beyond our borders.

 To Apply:

Please apply on the job opportunities page of our website, NHPR.org, or through this link:  https://www.applicantpro.com/openings/nhpr/jobs/3894513-106989

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NHPR is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer committed to a diverse and dynamic workplace. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

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