NPR’s “Planet Money” is seeking a senior editor.
“Planet Money” is a small, tight-knit team producing one of the best and most popular podcasts around. We currently have a unique opportunity for a smart, funny, interesting person to help lead a team of smart, funny, interesting people. Curiosity about the world is essential. As is a love for great storytelling. This position is based in the greatest city on Earth: New York.
This is a dream job for the right person.
Who should apply?
• You! Because…
• You can take an idea and sculpt it into a clear structure.
• You do not shy away from complicated ideas or topics.
• You find characters and stories everywhere.
• At the proverbial cocktail party, or actual dusty dive bar, you regularly find yourself saying, “wait, go back. Tell me more about THAT.”
• You enjoy talking about things like arcs and stakes and pacing and agents.
• You know how to make an audience feel something.
• You often ask, “Why should I care?”
• You are skeptical, but still idealistic. Serious but funny. Warm but also fierce when it is called for.
• You are editing this posting right now.
• Or you are not, and you’re thinking, “I don’t know anything about radio and I hate economics.” But you make documentaries, TV news, or narrative films. Maybe you’re the features editor at a magazine, or weaving messy string into page one poetry at a newspaper. Great! If you are crafting great stories, making other people’s work sing, we want to hear from you.
• Tell us what you love about what we do and why you want to join an exceptionally talented team at a key moment in our history. Tell us how you’d edit Planet Money. Tell us what we’re not doing that we should be doing. Tell us how you would change our style. Tell us how to use bullet points properly. Tell us which voices we’re missing and show us the topics we’re overlooking. We are wide open.
• Overseeing the editorial workflow of a talented team of reporters and producers.
• Approving pitches.
• Guiding reporters on how to approach stories, contributing creative ideas for new approaches and angles.
• Ensuring all journalistic and ethical standards are met and exceeded.
• Re-writing scripts with reporters and producers.
• Co-hosting the podcast along with reporters.
• Providing a vision for the evolution of the sound of the show.
Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
Required:
• Seven years’ experience as a news reporter, editor, producer or nonfiction storyteller.
• Minimum five years’ experience generating and managing complex editorial projects with multiple stakeholders, including the successful execution of surprising concepts and ideas.
• Demonstrated experience working with and managing highly creative, driven, results-oriented professionals.
• Demonstrated track record of execution on creative media projects.
• Experience in creating and overseeing successful production flow and systems highly desirable.
• Experience maintaining high journalistic ethics and standards under deadline pressure, including standards of objectivity, balance and fairness.
• Strong oral communication, leadership and teamwork skills.
• Proven ability to consistently work well with others, demonstrating at all times respect for the diverse constituencies at NPR and within the public radio system.
• Experience heading an editorial process for a successful news unit or media outlet.
Preferred:
• Experience in audio storytelling.
• Experience managing a team and leading editorial meetings.
Does this sound like you? If so, we want to hear from you. If you apply for this job, here’s what you can expect in our interview process.
To apply, go here.
