The Multiplatform Editor is a best-in-class shaper and sharpener of stories and ideas. This is a role for a seasoned editor who has a nose for business news and a knack for helping writers elevate their work from good to great and help video and on-air reporters humanize business stories for a consumer audience.
The ideal candidate thrives on the breakneck pace of deadline journalism, has top-notch news judgment and must love business news — with a particular enthusiasm for contextualizing complex financial news topics for a broad consumer audience. This person is a strong collaborator who can help shape CNN’s business reporting and work across multiplatform content teams to oversee business coverage.
Your Role Accountabilities…
- Edit breaking business news stories starting in the US afternoon hours and throughout the evening and early night
- Coordinate business coverage throughout the day, working alongside programming, planning and other editorial teams.
- Edit work that is published and shared across CNN’s mobile and desktop sites, apps, social accounts and other platforms.
- Help reporters craft multiplatform stories that can be told on air, video, audio and digital text.
- Edit stories that explain complex financial information to a general news audience.
- Shape story ideas and angles around complex topics. When a big story breaks, editors are often the point person to launch the first URL, keeping us sharp and fast on breaking news.
- Serve as a second set of eyes on alerts or on key pieces that need a good comb-through and/or creative punch.
- Serve as a partner to writers in identifying distinctive angles on top stories, and in helping to make good stories great.
- CNN editors must be excellent communicators and diplomats. They are excellent providers of feedback who help elevate CNN’s storytelling across a wide range of platforms.
- A critical component of the job will be assisting with the live stories that are an essential part of our breaking news coverage.
- Be skeptical, but not cynical – be genuinely excited by the changes and disruptions to the US economy and beyond, but also ready to take a critical look at why those changes are taking place.
- And last but never least: Editors are often the final step before a story goes to CNN’s programming team to get distributed to millions of people worldwide; all news editors work intently to make sure our stories are accurate and fair so that we continue to grow the trust between CNN and our audiences.
Qualifications & Experience…
- 4+ years of digital experience
- College degree or equivalent industry experience
- Strong knowledge of or passion for business and financial news
- Excellent editing skills
- Demonstrates leadership qualities
- Strong editorial judgement
- Strong communication, team collaboration skills
To apply, go here.
