Editor, Local Newsletters
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The New York Times CompanyDigital Journalism
Remote - USAFull-TimeSenior
Salary$83,180.24 — $115,000 USD
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Job Details
- Experience
- 8+ years
- Required Skills
- EditingData analytics
Requirements
- 8+ years’ experience working in digital journalism or storytelling, including some editing
- Demonstrated superb news judgment, audience-first thinking and coverage experience across breaking news, features, analysis and enterprise
- Experience with newsletters and social media
- Fluency with analytics tools to yield actionable insights
- Ability to identify and develop story ideas with both journalistic significance and audience resonance
- Deep connections to Phoenix, Nashville or Minneapolis-St. Paul
- Commitment to local journalism
- Collaborative spirit, willingness to experiment and a sense of humor
- Demonstrated commitment to integrity, independence and accuracy
Responsibilities
- Edit The Local newsletter in at least two of its launch markets, including front-end story selection/shaping as well as day-to-day line-editing and production
- Work with reporters in each market and The Local team in New York to shape the tone, structure and content of the newsletter, experimenting with story formats and other tools along the way
- Help grow the newsletter’s audience and engagement through social media, events, callouts, partnerships and other tactics
- Nurture relationships with local news organizations and journalists who share The Times’ values and develop new ways to partner with them
- Monitor the latest in how other news organizations and brands are engaging their communities and building fandom, and look for ways to leverage those ideas
- Help develop engagement goals and track our progress against them, using data to inform our understanding of what is working and to seed innovation and experiments
- Represent The Local at community/media events and help plan/run our own
- Demonstrate support and understanding of our value of journalistic independence and a strong commitment to our mission to seek the truth and help people understand the world
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