Senior Editor

Date Posted	November 18, 2025
Industry	Newspapers, Digital Media
Specialty	Politics
Remote / Telecommute	Telecommute
Job Status	Full-time
Salary	$75,000-$85,000

Description:

Raw Story seeks an energetic and resourceful Senior Editor to join its team in delivering speedy, high-volume coverage of breaking news in national politics, criminal justice, elections, social justice and extremism. The ideal candidate will possess a proven track record of covering news, with a minimum of 3 years of experience and a genuine interest in and familiarity with U.S. politics.

Raw Story is a round-the-clock, 7-days-a-week news operation and the successful candidate must be flexible to accommodate that. This is not a 9-5 job. In addition to editing responsibilities, the role will involve a significant amount of writing.

Key Requirements:

• Proven ability to unearth new stories and explore unique angles on events and issues that have yet to be covered by mainstream media

• In-depth knowledge and interest in the fast-paced breaking news cycle

• Demonstrated strong news judgment, with at least three years of experience editing breaking news

• Capability to handle a high volume of editing and writing

• Familiarity with social media channels and effective story promotion

• Proven ability to manage, direct and nurture a team of ambitious writers and editors.

In addition to a competitive salary, the job includes health insurance with a minimal employee contribution and a 401k with a 3% match and 3% employer contribution.

Raw Story is an award-winning U.S. progressive politics website founded in 2004. Its reporters and editors have gone on to work for The New York Times, Bloomberg, and Politico.

In 2022, E&P celebrated Raw Story’s Jordan Green’s courageous reporting in the feature article, “At the Front Lines, on the Homefront — Domestic extremism deserves astute, relentless coverage, but there are few journalists on the beat.” Raw Story has also won recent awards for its congressional stock trading series, “Lawmakers, law breakers,” and was named best news/political column by Editor & Publisher in 2022, 2023 and 2025.

To apply, please send a resume and links to at least three published articles to: applicant@rawstory.com