News & Observer seeks growth and business editor

The News & Observer in Raleigh, N.C., and its sister paper, The Herald-Sun in Durham, N.C., are looking for a smart, energetic Growth and Business Editor to help guide coverage of some of the most essential stories produced by our newsroom.

This editor will work with the Metro Editor and others to lead our journalists in selecting, pursuing and writing stories that will inform, entertain and ignite the interest of readers in the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill metropolitan region and beyond. Day-to-day duties will include assisting with assignments, scheduling, story budgeting, editing and ensuring that our work reaches the widest audience possible.

We’re looking for a well-rounded journalist with a solid reporting background, along with at least two years of editing experience.

The ideal candidate’s key attributes include:

• A sense of urgency – and a calm demeanor
• Exceptionally fast and extremely accurate
• Excellent copy-editing skills
• Strict ethics and dedication to high-quality journalism
• Great organizational and planning skills
• Keen instincts in pursuing stories that will resonate with readers
• Experience in covering business, transportation, infrastructure, or regional growth
• A well-developed sense of skepticism
• Solid understanding of SEO, social media and other audience growth processes
• Experience using audience analytics to guide reporting and production decisions
• Patience and experience in working with staffers at all skill levels, from interns to veteran reporters
• An understanding of governments and bureaucracies of all types
• A collaborative personality and a track record of working well with newsroom editors and news partners
• Basic data skills and experience in working with various content management systems, databases and other tools

Key duties include:

• Editing breaking news, daily and enterprise stories for all platforms
• Developing story ideas about growth of all types and its significant impact in the Triangle region
• Working with reporters and editors to bring those ideas to publication in a timely manner
• Coaching reporters to achieve higher journalism quality and better audience results
• Working with visuals team to ensure video and photos are included with most stories
• Using all appropriate social media platforms to distribute and highlight work
• Working across McClatchy newsrooms and departments on shared content and projects
• Skillfully use content management systems
• Assisting reporters in using data, spreadsheets and data tools to inform reporting

We’re moving quickly to fill this important position. Deadline for applications (resume and cover letter required) is April 26, 2019.

To apply, go here.