Associate Editor, Breaking News

Summary

Join Axios as an Associate Editor to contribute to breaking news coverage on Axios.com. You will lead and assist in breaking news coverage, assigning stories, and ensuring quality reporting and editing. Identify urgent news, quickly produce coverage, and coordinate with newsroom experts. Demonstrate familiarity with the competitive breaking news landscape, writing headlines optimized for social media and SEO. Experience with news alerts for apps, emails, and social media is essential. Maintain meticulous attention to detail in fact-checking and copy editing. This role demands exceptional communication and collaboration skills, particularly in a remote environment, and includes working on Sundays. The starting salary is between $58,000 and $93,000, depending on location, experience, and skills.

Responsibilities

• Assist or lead a breaking news desk, assigning stories and ensuring quality reporting and editing
• Identify the most urgent news on the web as it emerges, moving quickly to turn around coverage while coordinating with the newsroom’s topical experts
• Demonstrate familiarity with the competitive breaking news space on the web, including experience writing sharp headlines built for social media and SEO
• Experience with alerting news for app, email and social audiences
• Maintain proven attention to detail on fact checking and copy editing
• Possess a positive attitude and ability to thrive in fast-twitch, high pressure news environments
• Demonstrate comfort with newsroom workflow tools and real-time analytics
• Display exceptional verbal communication and collaboration skills, especially in a remote-centric environment
• Work on Sundays as part of the regular schedule

Benefits

• 401(k) with employer match
• Robust PPO and High Deductible health insurance options on the Blue Cross Blue Shield network
• Employer Health Savings Account (HSA) contribution for the high deductible health plan option
• Dental and vision coverage
• Primary caregiver 12-week paid leave
• Generous vacation policy, plus holidays
• One mental health day per quarter
• Annual learning and development stipend
• $100 monthly work-from-home stipend
• Tele-mental health services through Headspace
• OneMedical membership, including tele-health services
• Personal health advocacy resources through HealthAdvocate
• Inclusive fertility, hormonal health and family forming benefits through Carrot Fertility
• Access to the Axios “Family Fund”, which was created to allow employees to request financial support when facing financial hardship or emergencies
• Increased work flexibility for parents and caretakers
• Virtual company-sponsored social events