Audience News Guides Editor

Title: Audience News Guide Editor
Schedule Format - Location: Hybrid - San Francisco

Pay Information: Hourly - $44.71 to $54.60.

This editor works with many different colleagues in the newsroom and assists in all aspects of online production. Duties include helping to edit daily stories and longer-form features; assisting in enforcing an in-house style guide; growing familiarity with KQED content, stories and voice; patrolling news content on the website and other digital platforms regularly for accuracy and consistency issues. This editor is skilled at writing engaging and effective display copy such as headlines, sub-headlines, summaries and captions.

The digital editor helps edit and produce news content and fact-checking across digital platforms. This editor will help edit news stories and content for KQED.org, engagement platforms and anywhere else text could possibly live online.

The ideal candidate should also be communicative, collaborative, extremely organized, and able to prioritize under time constraints with grace and accuracy. They should be well accustomed to working for fast-paced publications and should want to thrive in an environment where flexibility and continuous learning are encouraged.

Addendum:
The Audience News Guides Editor is an experienced journalist who has demonstrated knowledge and experience editing and reporting explanatory journalism that makes news events -- and general challenges of daily living -- understandable and accessible to the communities they affect.

This editor will edit stories, usually in the form of guides, delivered by both the Audience News team (including Outdoors reporting) and the wider newsroom. The editor is also expected to report their own stories and guides. Since this is a newsroom role, the editor is also expected to report on breaking news and have a role in developing audio and video content.

This Editor also consults with colleagues across the newsroom on story strategies, and questions about journalistic and editorial standards. They advise other reporters, editors and interns as a mentor and develop instructional materials for intern training sessions.

KQED envisions a public media organization with a culture that centers on human dignity, equity, and belonging. This will enable us to better serve and reflect the Bay Area through diverse and inclusive storytelling.

We value the contributions of marginalized people in society — including Black, Indigenous, and all people of color, people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ people — and we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, and we strongly encourage members of these communities to apply.

KQED Code of Ethics https://www.kqed.org/about/code-ethics

The mission that drives us:

KQED provide citizens of Northern California with a community-supported alternative to commercial media. We provide citizens with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions; convene community dialogue; bring the arts to everyone and engage audiences to share their stories. We help students and teachers thrive in 21st-century classrooms, and take people of all ages on journeys of exploration- exposing them to new people, places and ideas.

This role will work hybrid between working in KQED's newly renovated headquarters and working remotely.

The successful candidate will be required to join The Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA).

Essential Functions:

Assesses editing needs quickly and addresses them efficiently

Makes sure articles make sequential and logical sense

Fact-checks with author and sources as needed

Ensures text is consistent with KQED style guidelines

Ensures that images and captions are correct

Writes or edits highly effective headlines and excerpts that are accurate, compelling, engaging and SEO friendly

Works as assignment editor as part of team rotation, and as needed

Other duties, as assigned.

Non-Essential Functions:

Occasionally fills in for other colleagues.

Represents KQED at events.

Knowledge/Experience Required:

Excellent communication and writing skills; ability to write quickly and accurately, with an understanding of tone and style across platforms

Writes text with correct spelling, grammar and punctuation

Ability to meet deadlines and goals while working under pressure

At least one year experience in a similar role in a newsroom or news environment

Experience writing and editing quickly and accurately in English

Command of AP style

Experience with copy editing multimedia content such as graphics, interactives or videos

Proven collaboration skills — which are essential in working with fellow KQED staffers across departments and with partner organizations

Experience navigating the front and back end of a content management system

Familiarity with social media and engagement platforms

Ability to work on their own and as part of a team

Ability to stay focused, organized and proactive

Ability to stay organized and prioritize tasks when working on multiple projects at once

Interest and knowledge in Bay Area news with a focus on local communities

Checks work before publication and maintains adherence to facts

Adherence to copyright laws; understanding of media licensing agreements

Clear communication with colleagues

Ability to stay focused, organized, communicative and proactive — you’ll be working with a number of journalists or staffers across the organization, potentially dealing with several different editors

Knowledge/Experience Desired:

Non-English language skills (fluency in Spanish, Mandarin or other widely spoken languages in California)

Experience with basic HTML

Familiarity with Adobe Creative Suite

Experience using social media tools and platforms to maximize reach and impact

Proven capacity to identify opportunities for stories of high relevance to audiences

Familiarity with and interest in optimizing language for social media and engagement platforms

NOTE: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Employees may be required to perform other related duties as necessary to meet the ongoing needs of this organization.

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