Executive Editor

Date Posted	May 07, 2026
Industry	Newspapers, Digital Media
Specialty	Not Specified
Job Status	Full-time
Salary	$125,000 - $175,000

Description:

Executive editor, the Arizona Daily Star 

The Arizona Daily Star is seeking a visionary, ambitious and community-centered executive editor to lead our newsroom in delivering indispensable journalism. This is a role for an editor who believes deeply in holding power accountable, amplifying community voices and producing work that makes readers’ lives better, clearer and more connected. 

We are seeking an innovative newsroom leader with a proven record of producing impactful journalism and growing readership and subscriptions. The ideal candidate will bring strong editorial judgment, a deep understanding of digital publishing and analytics, and the ability to lead a newsroom in a competitive news environment. 

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES 

Editorial leadership

• Oversee newsroom strategy, operations and editorial priorities across all platforms
• Drive enterprise, investigative and watchdog reporting that leads the market
• Ensure fast, accurate and continuously evolving breaking news coverage
• Recruit, develop and retain high-performing journalists and newsroom leaders

Audience and growth

• Use audience data and editorial judgment to set coverage priorities around the most consequential issues facing Southern Arizona
• Expand digital subscriptions, engagement and long-term reader loyalty
• Position the organization for long-term growth in a rapidly evolving media environment
• Collaborate across the organization to strengthen storytelling, audience engagement and newsroom performance

Community leadership

• Deepen the organization’s connection to the communities it serves
• Serve as a visible representative of the organization in the community
• Position the newsroom at the center of key civic conversations and public-interest journalism

Salary Range:  $125,000 to $175,000 based on experience

WHY TUCSON 

Tucson is a dynamic, fast-growing community where journalism matters and competition for readers is strong. As the second-most populous city in Arizona, a major university town and a gateway to the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, Tucson offers a rich mix of cultures, perspectives and stories. This is a competitive news market, where local reporting intersects with issues of national significance, from growth and education to climate and the border.

Our next newsroom leader will help our team deliver journalism that is essential to the community and critical to the future of local journalism in Southern Arizona. If you believe in the power of local news to strengthen communities, we want to hear from you.

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 the flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents. 

Lee Enterprises is a leading provider of local news and information and a major subscription and advertising platform, with daily and weekly newspapers and rapidly expanding digital products serving 114 markets across 25 states. Our core commitment is to provide valuable, intensely local news and information to the communities we serve.

Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We respect and celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net.

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