Business Editor

Date Posted	May 04, 2026
Industry	Newspapers
Specialty	Not Specified
Job Status	Not Specified
Salary	Not Specified

Description:

Business Editor, Omaha World-Herald

The Omaha World-Herald is seeking a hard-charging, multi-dimensional journalist to lead the next phase of our business coverage.

This is a key newsroom role tied to a coverage area central to our growth strategy. We’re looking for a player/coach who can produce high-impact journalism across platforms while helping shape coverage priorities, mentor colleagues, and contribute to new product launches.

Omaha is home to Berkshire Hathaway and multiple other Fortune 500 companies. Nebraska is the No. 1 state in the country for beef exports and a top exporter of corn, soybeans, and other agricultural products. It’s one of the most under-covered, high-impact business environments in the country.

We’re looking for a razor-sharp journalist who can distill complicated topics for a broad audience while helping set the agenda for a business community with a rich history and ambitious growth targets.

The ideal candidate will:

• Have a proven track record of delivering high-impact business journalism in a fast-paced, competitive market

• Be comfortable operating as both a reporter and a newsroom leader, helping guide coverage and develop colleagues

• Be fluent across platforms, including newsletters, podcasts, and short-form video

• Understand how business intersects politics, policy, and everyday life in Nebraska

• Bring energy, curiosity, and a drive to build audience and deliver a best-in-class product

• Have at least three years of relevant reporting experience; leadership experience is a plus

Attach a resume, three work samples, and a memo articulating your vision for the role, addressed to Executive Editor Ben Doody with 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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