Managing Editor

Date Posted	April 30, 2026
Industry	Newspapers
Specialty	Not Specified
Job Status	Not Specified
Salary	Not Specified

Description:

Managing Editor, Omaha World-Herald

The Omaha World-Herald is seeking an ambitious, rigorous, and entrepreneurial leader to shape the newsroom’s next phase of growth as its Managing Editor.

This person will directly oversee the organization’s day-to-day news coverage while playing a key role in charting newsroom strategy.

The ideal candidate will combine uncompromising journalistic integrity with an insatiable appetite for innovation in a thriving, tradition-rich news environment.

The largest newspaper in Nebraska, The World-Herald has served readers since 1885 and won three Pulitzer Prizes. The ideal candidate will revere the institution’s history but work urgently to shape the future of the organization in a rapidly changing, multiplatform world.

The Omaha metro area is home to more than 1 million people, multiple Fortune 500 companies, a nationally renowned medical institution, and a competitive, nationally scrutinized political environment. The World-Herald’s news coverage aims to capture the vibrancy and complexity of the region on multiple platforms and in multiple formats.

What you’ll do:

·        Guide a team of news reporters covering Omaha and the state of Nebraska

·        Help shape The World-Herald’s multiplatform product lineup, including newsletters, podcasts, visual journalism, and whatever comes next

·        Embrace a “lead from the field” model in which you’re finding ways to contribute to coverage as a reporter, writer, and content creator 

·        Build and maintain relationships with key community and company stakeholders

What we’re looking for:

·        A proven track record of leading high-impact news coverage in a fast-paced, competitive environment

·        An appreciation for the news, politics, business, and cultural landscapes in Nebraska

·        A relentless desire to innovate and build new things

·        An excellent communicator and collaborator comfortable working with reporters, editors, and other stakeholders

Attach your resume, three work samples, and a 500-to-750-word memo describing your vision for the role, addressed to Executive Editor Ben Doody to your application.

Why join us?

Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.  

Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 74 markets in 25 states. Year to date, Lee's newspapers have an average daily circulation of 1.0 million, and our legacy websites, including acquisitions, reach more than 34 million digital unique visitors.   

Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Lee embraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture of fervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net.  

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce and participate in E-Verify. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply.

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