Overnight Digital Editor III

Summary

Join NPR's overnight news team as an editor, collaborating with the Morning Edition broadcast to adapt and update content for NPR stations and NPR.org. You will work closely with the Morning Edition team and other newsgathering teams to ensure timely and accurate reporting. This role demands impeccable news judgment, multitasking abilities, and the capacity to nurture writers. You will monitor various social media platforms and news sources to stay competitive and cover relevant stories. The position requires a holistic approach to content creation and curation, incorporating multimedia elements and data-driven insights. The work hours are Monday through Friday, 12 am to 8 am ET, and this is a remote-permitted role based out of Washington, DC.

Requirements

• Three years of experience editing national or international news writing on deadline
• Demonstrated excellence in editing for digital
• Demonstrated news judgment
• Experience/knowledge of broadcast shows
• A passion for editing
• Demonstrated experience writing concise headlines and news summaries, as well as providing text-editing support as needed
• Demonstrated ability to work at different levels of a newsroom
• Demonstrated familiarity with NPR journalism
• Ability to work quickly and efficiently under deadline pressure
• 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
• Proficiency in news writing techniques and styles such as AP Style
• Demonstrated understanding of journalistic ethics
• Digital news editing experience including copy editing and other types of digital platform production skills
• Strong oral communication skills
• Problem-solving skills
• A broad range and interest in national and international news
• Demonstrated ability working quickly and efficiently under deadline pressure
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in work experience

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the writing, producing, editing and sending out the adapted Morning Edition Rundown for Stations and NPR.org
• Be equally versed in content curation, using social signals to inform decision-making
• Work with General Assignment Desk editors to ensure the latest relevant content is on the NPR homepage and on socials
• Schedule social media posts for the overnight and set up the morning
• Demonstrate sound editorial decision-making and informed ethical/ taste considerations in visual journalism
• Responsible for push alerts on breaking news and features overnight
• Place the visual newscast, between 6-6:30 am ET
• Read all of the Morning Edition show descriptions of each story that NPR stations see
• Handle the audio Promo workflow, including reviewing and updating them for accuracy and sending them out to stations
• Ensure that all materials meet NPR News standards and practices, including standards of accuracy, fairness, honesty and impartiality
• Work as needed with the overnight newsroom team on breaking news—reporting or editing

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in editing
• Experience working with a news network

Benefits

• Access to health and wellness
• Paid time off
• Financial well-being
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life/ accidental death and dismemberment
• Long-term disability
• Short-term disability
• Voluntary retirement savings
• Remote work