Responsible for day-to-day activities and supervision of the newsroom, overseeing content creation and strategic publishing across multiple platforms. The managing editor will assist the executive editor in setting direction for the newsroom, making decisions on coverage, and in meeting the needs of readers and communicating with the public.
Responsibilities:
- Direct the activities of the newsroom and its employees.
- Work with the editor/executive editor to plan stories/ visuals and ensure deadlines are met, establishing an agile and responsive news organization.
- Lead and help execute and edit enterprise and investigative reporting projects for all publishing platforms.
- Be a player-coach with a hands-on leadership style, demonstrating strong journalism values, creativity and agility.
- Drive reader loyalty by focusing on audience needs and interests; employ journalistic practices that elicit community conversation and interaction.
- Create and maintain a healthy workplace that values clear communication, respect, inclusion, innovation and urgency.
- Encourage consistent use of alternative content forms and emerging tools/ technology for all digital publishing platforms, including the website, e-edition and social media.
- Pursues strong working relationships with others within and outside the company; play an active and collaborative role in the company’s growth strategies.
- Supervises employees, establishes schedules and conducts performance reviews; onboarding of new newsroom employees.
- Communicate regularly with FCC content teams and collaborate on content projects with FCC state and regional teams; Communicate story/visual plans for the print edition to relevant production teams to ensure a high-quality publication that meets all deadlines.
- Maintain regular and punctual attendance.
- Other duties as assigned.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism, mass communications or related field.
- Newsroom and editing experience preferred.
- Five years experience in a newsroom setting or equivalent combination.
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