Overnight Digital Editor III

OVERVIEW

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This editor is a member of the NPR Newsroom’s overnight team. The editor works closely with the Morning Edition broadcast, reviewing and editing material from the broadcast that goes onto NPR.org.  Primary responsibilities include collaborating with the Morning Edition team to adapt and update  the ME broadcast rundown for NPR stations and for NPR.org. The editor reports to the Supervising Overnight Editor of the General Assignment Desk and they work closely overnight to make sure the Newsroom and Morning Edition are on top of the latest stories. They will regularly collaborate with various newsgathering teams and look for ways to spark signature NPR journalism from across our network.  

The role requires impeccable news judgment as well as someone who can multitask effortlessly, and nurture and grow writers. 

The editor will have to be able to act in the moment—on breaking news, working closely with the supervising editor of the General Assignment Desk and Morning Edition—all while keeping an eye on Chartbeat, Twitter, SnapMaps, Dataminr, Reddit, Crowdtangle, your own RSS feed, and/or other signals to ensure we are staying competitive and covering the right stories in the right way. 

The editor needs to have good knowledge of how social media platforms work, how NPR works on them and know how to alert NPR’s biggest stories, breaking and feature news. 

A critical component of this role is how we present the stories we create on our homepage and social platforms. The editor for this role thinks holistically about content creation and curation. If you can think in multimedia ways, with an eye (and ear) for social-native storytelling, and if you are informed by data and analytics as one of the additional ways you think about stories, that’s important.  

The work hours will be Monday through Friday, 12am-8am ET.

This is a union represented role covered under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement with SAG-AFTRA. 

This is an NPR editorial role covered under the terms of the NPR Ethics Handbook. All editorial staff are bound by this guidance. Editorial staff are defined as staff members who play a role in shaping the journalistic or creative direction of NPR's content, including events.    

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.

The above duties and responsibilities are not an exhaustive list of required responsibilities, duties and skills. Other duties may be assigned, and this job description can be modified at any time.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• 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.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in editing.
• Experience working with a news network.

REQUIRED SKILLS

• 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.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENT

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in work experience.

WORK LOCATION

• This is a remote permitted role. This role is based out of our Washington, DC office but the employee may choose to work on a remote basis from a location that NPR approves.

JOB TYPE

• This is a full time, exempt position.

COMPENSATION

Salary Range: The U.S. based anticipated salary range for this opportunity is $112,500-118,000  plus benefits. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salaries NPR expects to provide for new hires for the position across all US locations.

Benefits: NPR offers access to comprehensive benefits for employees and dependents. Regular, full-time employees scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week are eligible to enroll in NPR’s benefits options. Benefits include access to health and wellness, paid time off, and financial well-being. Plan options include medical, dental, vision, life/ accidental death and dismemberment, long-term disability, short-term disability, and voluntary retirement savings to all eligible NPR employees. 

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