Job Description
Major responsibilities include:
- Participate in highest-level planning conversations about coverage, and help steer that coverage.
- Edit and oversee some of our most complicated stories
- Conceive of major packages and enterprise stories throughout the year, and manage all aspects of their execution (assigning stories, overseeing editors, design collaboration, etc.).
- Manage several reporters/columnists
- Assign and edit several stories each week
- Oversee Well’s coverage of aging, happiness, wellness culture and other topics
- Coach and mentor staff members on the specifics of health journalism and engaging storytelling
- Maintain relationships with a stable of freelance writers; field and assign pitches
- Generate innovative story ideas and frame stories in a fresh way
- Collaborate with art and design on photo, illustrations and interactive plans
- Collaborate with desk head and deputy desk head to drive coverage and strategy
Basic Qualifications:
- 7+ years as a digital media editor
- Solid experience editing health and/or lifestyle and service content
- Management experience, including multiple direct reports
- A track record of proven news judgment
- Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, deadlines and time-management
Preferred Qualifications:
- A visual thinker who can collaborate with art and photo editors on creative story formats
- Experience in a newsroom or large media organization
The annual base pay salary for this role is between $140,000.00 and $160,000.00.
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