The Fort Worth Report, in Fort Worth, Texas, a nonprofit, nonpartisan online news organization, is seeking a CONTENT EDITOR to help run our newsroom and produce great journalism for the 13th-largest city in the country. We are an online-only newsroom with ambitious growth and sustainability goals in the next three years.
This position will work with the managing editor to run the newsroom and oversee day-to-day local news coverage. This person will help shape daily news coverage and focus on leading our newsletters’ content and production.
This position also plays a key role in the Report’s digital strategy by contributing to the newsroom’s social media accounts and helping develop strategies for increasing our audience. The successful candidate will have strong newsletter (email campaigns) and social media skills, an understanding of SEO and a familiarity with analytics. Digital presentation skills and multimedia experience are a plus.
Because we’re for and from Fort Worth and Tarrant County, preference will be given to candidates with deep knowledge of our community.
Essential Job Functions:
This position will focus on two areas: editing and newsletters.
We seek an editor who can edit both complicated stories and daily turns. This person has the ability to improve both the copy and the reporter. Editing duties include but are not limited to:
This candidate will also curate, edit and publish all of our custom news newsletters. The candidate will also work with the managing editor and audience director to provide digital content reports on newsletter performance. Newsletter duties will include but are not limited to:
Key Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
This is a full-time, exempt position that is based in our Fort Worth office. Travel and some nights/weekends will be required.
Salary range is $65,000-$74,999
Deadline: June 30, 2023
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