The Indiana Local News Initiative is seeking an editor with a passion for local government, policy, and power to support our team as a Documenters assignment editor.
This editor will be a critical part of the newsroom team, which will include service journalism and community reporters as well as beat reporters focused on government, education, criminal justice and economics. They will help manage the deployment of Documenters, editing and reviewing some of the content produced from Documenter assignments, and writing a newsletter summarizing Documenters notes from the week. They will work to ensure Documenters’ work is reflected in newsroom output (e.g., identifying opportunities in meeting coverage for stories/deeper reporting, identifying new civic tools, and identifying opportunities for first-person accounts from Documenters to accompany reporting). As needed, they will produce explainers and how-to videos and hold office hours to assist the Documenters community with the work of documenting. They will lend an extra set of eyes to explainers, and will lead reporting that emerges from Documenters work.
This role is a great fit for you if you believe that getting more people engaged with local government is an important way to create a more equitable society. Strong candidates will also be passionate about distilling complicated topics into conversational and easy-to-understand language, and helping train a diverse group of Indianapolis residents in the nuts-and-bolts of reporting and meeting coverage.
Responsibilities & Priorities
As a Documenters Assignment Editor, you will:
Consider applying if you have some of these skill sets …
Salary minimum: starting at $55,000, commensurate with experience
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