Fast Company is looking for a newshound who is obsessed with technology, business, creativity, and innovation to run our daily news operation on fastcompany.com.
We already have a team of editors and writers who produce our small breaking news posts throughout the day. We are looking for a senior editor for news to not only oversee that department, but also assign and edit longer news articles throughout the week. Sometimes those news articles might be robust breaking news stories. Sometimes those articles might be “second thought” news stories or opinion pieces that use a story our breaking news team wrote as a jumping-off point. “Second thought” stories might be published a few hours, a few days, or even a week after the original breaking news item appeared on the site. We want an editor who often has a point of view on the news, and can help writers back up their own perspectives with solid reporting.
The senior editor for news will also be responsible for creating and implementing our live news strategies around specific events: the presidential debates, for example, or Apple announcements. We’re looking for someone who cares about creating intelligent content for both a news website and for other platforms, such as Facebook or Snapchat.
Speaking of social media: The ideal candidate is just as zealous about distributing their stories as they are about creating them. The senior editor for news will work directly with our editorial social media team, our syndication manager, and our homepage and newsletter editor. The senior editor for news will work with all of fastcompany.com’s staff reporters; the editor will also be expected to solicit contributions from freelance writers, when appropriate.
We are proud of the news department culture we have created—our team is thoughtful, hardworking, and cooperative. The ideal senior editor for news candidate shares those same characteristics.
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Please submit a detailed cover letter, a C.V., and three references to Anjali Mullany, editor, Fast Company Digital: anjali at fastcompany dot com.
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