Managing Editor/General Manager

Date Posted	August 27, 2026
Industry	Newspapers
Specialty	Local News
Required Education	Associate's Degree
Job Status	Full-time
Salary	$50,000 to $55,000

Description:

One of Minnesota’s most highly respected community weekly newspapers is looking for a new managing editor to help carry on the paper’s tradition of high-quality journalism.

The Timberjay Newspaper is a financially-stable, regional community weekly located in northeastern Minnesota, with a circulation (print and online) of 3,000 and estimated total readership of approximately 7,500. The Timberjay is known nationally for its news coverage and editorials as well as its hard-hitting investigative reporting. 

For more, see the feature in the Columbia Journalism Review: 

https://www.cjr.org/united_states_project/timberjay-helmberger-trump-stauber-mining.php.

The area covered by the newspaper includes a large swath of northeastern Minnesota, including Lake Vermilion, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, Voyageurs National Park, and the Superior National Forest, making it an ideal location for those with a strong interest in reporting on land use/environmental issues, or who simply enjoy an active outdoor life.

The ideal individual would bring considerable experience in news writing and editing, pagination (InDesign), and some business management experience to the operation.

Please send resumé and letter of interest to: Marshall Helmberger at marshall.timberjay@gmail.com