Urgency editor

• Launch and lead daily breaking news coverage, ensuring rapid, accurate and competitive reporting.
• Coordinate newsroom resources and coverage plans to ensure timely response to developing stories.
• Drive urgency across the newsroom, identifying opportunities for reporters and teams to advance coverage throughout the day.
• Partner with beat reporters and editors to elevate enterprise, watchdog and trending stories.
• Monitor audience metrics, search trends, social engagement and other data signals to guide coverage decisions.
• Use data, analytics and authorized AI tools to identify opportunities, anticipate emerging stories and inform newsroom strategy.
• Develop distinctive coverage plans that separate the newsroom from competitors and attract loyal audiences.
• Coach reporters on story framing, structure, reporting, deadlines and digital presentation.
• Edit and write stories quickly and effectively while maintaining high standards for accuracy, fairness and clarity.
• Collaborate with visual journalists, producers and audience teams to maximize story impact.
• Lead newsroom conversations about urgency, innovation and audience needs.
• Help maintain a newsroom culture that is ambitious, collaborative and supportive.

• Minimum of five years of experience covering and managing breaking news coverage in a fast-paced newsroom.
• Demonstrated success leading coverage that outperformed competitors and delivered significant audience growth.
• Strong news judgment and the ability to make sound decisions under pressure.
• Exceptional writing and editing skills.
• Proven ability to coach and develop journalists of varying experience levels.
• Experience using audience metrics, analytics and data to inform editorial decisions.
• Strong understanding of digital publishing, search, social platforms and audience engagement strategies.
• Experience using data tools, public records and emerging newsroom technologies, including authorized AI applications.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and shifting deadlines simultaneously.
• Candidates should have facility with AI and automation and experience in using it to enhance their journalism.

• A gifted writer and editor.
• A strategic thinker who looks around corners and anticipates what happens next.
• Relentlessly curious and highly competitive.
• Comfortable making decisions in high-pressure situations.
• Driven by audience needs and newsroom impact.
• Skilled at transforming rough ideas into compelling journalism, even on the tightest deadlines.
• A trusted newsroom thought partner whom reporters seek out for guidance.
• Compassionate, empathetic and committed to helping others succeed.
• Collaborative, approachable and respected by colleagues across the newsroom.

Application Instructions: We are eager to learn more about you and how you fit this role. When you apply, don’t limit your upload to a resume; show us what you’ve done. To do so, put together a single document file that includes the following, in this order:

1. Your resume – one to two pages.
2. A cover letter that outlines how you would approach the job.
3. Links to 3-6 online samples of your work. Show us what best reflects what you can do in your desired role.

It is important that these items be assembled into a single document and uploaded in PDF format. Completing these steps will ensure that your application receives the highest consideration.

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