Lifestyle Editor/Reporter

Description:

Lifestyle Editor/Reporter

Cascadia Media Company seeks a multi-skilled lifestyle editor/reporter to write and manage vibrant, thoughtful lifestyle coverage for a daily digital website, weekly print edition and quarterly magazine. This is a great opportunity to produce spirited features coverage in a uniquely beautiful part of the country for a vibrant, locally owned publication.

The job: The lifestyle editor works as a reporter and an editor, writing enterprise and breaking news in the lifestyle sector while managing and editing a team of freelancers who produce content for online and print platforms.

Position details: Full-time, benefits-eligible, newsroom-based with some hybrid work allowed. Shifts will include evening and occasional night and weekend work. Requires residence in Whatcom or Skagit County, Washington. 

Reports to: Managing Editor, News; works closely with the Executive Editor, Cascadia Daily Life.

Pay range: $30 to $34/hour, DOE

Key duties:

• Identify unique local and regional food and beverage, lifestyle trends, culture and entertainment coverage, bringing a sophisticated eye and approach to stories that set us apart.

• Write lifestyle content and news enterprise pieces for daily Cascadia Daily News and quarterly Cascadia Daily Life, aimed at audiences of younger singles, families, and active seniors. Bring your knowledge of and connections to diverse audiences and businesses to our site and print editions.

• Produce quick-turn news stories for our website and longer enterprise stories for online and print. Ability to plan content months in advance.

• Manage the story planning and assist in editing of content produced by about five contributors who write about entertainment, food, beverage and more for the newspaper.

• Coordinate long-term story planning with the Cascadia Daily Life editor.

• Attend weekly staff meetings and individual planning sessions with the Managing Editor and other staff as needed.

• Work collaboratively with a team of visual journalists and editors, thinking about photo and video opportunities for our social channels to engage audiences.

• Be an enthusiastic, thoughtful colleague in a fun, dynamic newsroom committed to the highest standards of journalism. 

Essential skills:

• A high motor and strong work ethic.

• Ability to juggle multiple stories and deadlines at a time.

• Great voice and knowledge of when it’s appropriate.

• Exceptional organizational and planning skills.

• Comfortable working with contributors who may or may not come from a journalism background.

• Keen editing skills with an eye not only for text errors but weak ledes, framing issues and missing voices.

• Intimate familiarity with Associated Press Style and in-house style guide exceptions.

• Strict attention to detail and fact-checking.

• Strong grounding in media ethics consistent with brand and community mission. 

Beneficial skills:

• Photojournalism experience; comfortable using a DSLR.

• Familiarity with Slack, WordPress, MS Office, Google Docs and Sheets, Outlook, other industry-standard digital tools.

• Experience or familiarity with trends and hot issues in the Pacific Northwest region.

Minimum requirements:

• Legal authority to cross the Canadian border to report.

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism or related field.

• 3-5 years’ reporting experience, preferably in a professional digital daily journalism environment.

• 2-3 years’ editing experience preferred.

Job benefits:

• Company-sponsored health, vision and dental coverage.

• 21 annual days PTO combining vacation/sick time with additional accrual after three years at the company.

• Competitive 401(k) program.

• Office parking space, monthly mobile phone allotment.

• CDN strives for a healthy work/life balance for all employees.

How to apply:

Send letter of interest, resume/CV and professional references to editorial@cascadiadaily.com. Applicants should be able to start by Oct. 1. 

Questions or clarity? Contact Managing Editor, News Audra Anderson, audraanderson@cascadiadaily.com. Please do not reach out to confirm receipt of application; we will reach out to you.

About us: Join a fun, fast-paced team of 16 full- and part-time journalists in the beautiful upper corner of the state. Cascadia Daily News is an award-winning, locally owned newspaper created in a brick-and-mortar newsroom in Bellingham, Washington by local reporters, columnists, editors and visual journalists. CDN debuted online on Jan. 24, 2022, and published its first weekly print edition on March 2, 2022. We deliver news throughout the day on our website seven days a week and publish a weekly print edition, available at newsstands and retail locations, and by mail and print-replica e-edition to subscribers on Friday mornings. Cascadia Daily Life, our quarterly magazine, debuted in May 2026, with another issue scheduled for October 2026. Quarterly issues are planned for 2027.

Cascadia Daily News is an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, family or medical care leave, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, national origin, physical or mental disability, political affiliation, protected veteran status, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances.