Newsday
Summary of Position
The sports desk seeks an editor who can edit copy, write headlines and display copy on tight deadlines for print, web, narrative stories, video, online alternative storytelling and social media.
Essential Duties & Functions
Newsday Media Group is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants and incumbents are selected, placed, trained, compensated and promoted without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, or disability or other classifications protected by applicable law. In addition, Newsday Media Group provides a reasonable accommodation for applicants/incumbents with disabilities. Please advise Human Resources if you require a reasonable accommodation.
The sports desk seeks an editor who can edit copy, write headlines and display copy on tight deadlines for print, web, narrative stories, video, online alternative storytelling and social media.
Essential Duties & Functions
- Communicate/coordinate with other sports desk members on stories and jump in to help wherever needed.
- Handle all kinds of news quickly with great attention to accuracy, fairness, detail and style. Must be able to ask big-picture questions as well as sweat the details.
- Review stories digitally and in print.
- Act on newsroom metrics to support coverage that serves our loyal subscribers and helps Newsday build subscribers and new, diverse audiences.
- Must have strong news judgment and editing skills, with a deep understanding of our products and the role of metrics.
- Must be collaborative and communicative with colleagues across all platforms.
- Ability to work on multiple assignments simultaneously and meet aggressive deadlines.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.
- Flexibility to handle different types of editing tasks on any given day - stories, video scripts, graphics, etc.
- Ability and willingness to collaborate and build a rapport with others.
- The hourly base rate range for this role is $36.18 - $38.89, commensurate with experience.
- This position is represented by the Graphics Communication Conference, PPPWU.
- Ability to work a flexible and varied schedule to include weekends, holidays and extended hours as needed to support business needs.
Newsday Media Group is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants and incumbents are selected, placed, trained, compensated and promoted without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, or disability or other classifications protected by applicable law. In addition, Newsday Media Group provides a reasonable accommodation for applicants/incumbents with disabilities. Please advise Human Resources if you require a reasonable accommodation.