Senior Editor

Summary

Join a thriving, mission-driven multimedia organization as a senior editor for It's Been a Minute, NPR's home for thought-provoking conversations about the intersection of news and culture. The ideal candidate will shape stories, lead the team, and bring relevant content to our growing audience.

Requirements

• 5 years experience explaining complicated topics to audiences, as a journalist, writer, or communicator
• 5 years experience in a deadline-driven environment
• A passionate commitment to explanatory journalism, exploration of culture, and what's behind current trends
• Leadership, professionalism, high ethical standards, ability to work closely in a team with kindness, compassion, and empathy
• Ability to work quickly and efficiently under deadline pressure
• Ability and willingness to work varied shifts
• Understanding of journalism ethics, radio and digital writing and copy-editing
• Ability to juggle editing long-form audio stories, short pieces, podcast episodes, digital copy and social media posts, and edit and write scripts for the ear
• 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
• Ability to mentor and develop the next generation of journalists
• Experience covering weekly news from an arts and culture perspective
• Experience working on deadlines and working independently
• An analytical mind
• Excellent leadership skills
• Excellent communication skills across internal departments. Ability to communicate effectively and with enthusiasm

Responsibilities

• Edit short-form audio stories, podcast episodes, radio broadcast, digital copy, social media posts, and edit and write scripts for the ear
• Work with the host and producers to generate ideas that meet the journalistic standards at NPR while appealing to a broad demographic of listeners
• Work with host and producers to develop their scripts and create new formats that are repeatable weekly
• Help shape weekly coverage of news and trends from a fresh angle and perspective
• Participate in group edits and story meetings
• Manage and shape stories from the pitch process through the final product, working collaboratively with other editors, producers, reporters, interns, fellows, free-lance writers, outside contributors and other team members
• Work with reporters, producers and hosts in a way that facilitates their journalistic and professional development
• Work with supervising producer to maintain the team's production calendar, and create space for new segments/formats while keeping publish deadlines
• Ensure all journalistic and ethical standards are met and exceeded
• Mentor and assist in the professional development of junior staff
• Provide editing and feedback in a supporting, encouraging and productive way as part of a collaborative, team-based creative process
• Factor in diversity of sourcing and representation of all voices when planning and executing the program
• Bring energy, humor, good cheer and a collaborative spirit to a fast-paced and deadline-driven, highly creative team environment
• Evolve with the job as the show continues to grow

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Remote work, flexible hours