Senior Editor – Station Engagement

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🏄 California, New York, +1 more states – Remote

🏄 California – Remote 🗽 New York – Remote ❄️ Minnesota – Remote

💵 $135k - $145k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

✏️ Editor

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American Public Media Group

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 1967

📱 Media

🤝 Non-profit

Media • Non-profit

American Public Media Group is a producer and distributor of award-winning public radio programming and podcasts that reach millions of listeners weekly. The organization creates and distributes broadcast shows and a suite of podcasts, provides distribution services to public radio stations, and offers membership and underwriting opportunities to listeners and businesses. Its mission is to shape the future of public media by amplifying voices to inform, include, and inspire.

📋 Description

• Serve as a bridge between local and national journalism by fostering strong editorial relationships with station partners, their reporters, and the Marketplace newsroom. • Collaborate with stations and Marketplace editors to identify coverage priorities, editorial streams and special projects that strengthen Marketplace's regional reporting footprint. • Develop, manage and edit joint programming projects with stations including regional business reports, multichannel content, and joint events that highlight local economic stories. • Plan, negotiate and assign coverage to ensure timely and relevant reports for Marketplace programs and joint projects. • Coordinate with digital and social teams to deliver compelling, multi-platform content—including digital adaptations of the reporting projects, regional campaigns. • Assign, edit, and shape multichannel elements that meet Marketplace’s high standards for originality, clarity and insight. • Provide editorial support, guidance and reporting resources to stations with limited dedicated business or economic coverage. • Host regular editorial meetings with station content leaders to generate story ideas and shared projects and to ensure a consistent pipeline of high-quality station-originated content for Marketplace programs. • Facilitate virtual reporter roundtables with Marketplace journalists to explore how national economic trends play out regionally. • Partner with APM Distribution to help expand APM’s digital underwriting network, supporting increased revenue opportunities for stations. • Maintain and communicate production schedules, deadlines, and editorial plans for assigned elements. • Respond rapidly to breaking news and plan proactively to anticipate upcoming economic trends and events. • Ensure all work meets Marketplace’s journalistic standards for accuracy, fairness, balance, and editorial excellence. • As needed, supervise team members - providing clear editorial direction, coaching, mentorship, and performance feedback that build staff skills. • Foster a creative, inclusive, and collaborative work environment. • Model strong editorial judgment and production leadership under deadline pressure. • Perform other duties as assigned.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism or a related field, or equivalent professional experience. • Minimum of ten years of experience in editing, reporting, producing, or related journalistic work. • Minimum of five years of supervisory or management experience demonstrating the ability to set and uphold high editorial standards while effectively leading, inspiring, and developing teams. • Proven leadership ability, including coaching, team management, and talent development. • Excellent editorial judgment and a deep commitment to accuracy, fairness, and editorial integrity. • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively as part of a high-performing newsroom. • Advanced editing skills capable of shaping nuanced and multi-layered coverage of economic and financial topics. • Strong ability to develop compelling story ideas, manage assignments, and edit for broadcast and digital platforms. • Demonstrated ability to deliver national-quality journalism on deadline. • Strong decision-making skills in assessing credibility, narrative value, and newsworthiness. • Ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with staff, contributors, and freelance reporters. • Ability to motivate, mentor, and grow early-career and experienced journalists. • Strong critical reading, analytical, and listening skills. • Deep understanding of and commitment to the mission and values of public radio. • Excellent communication and team-building skills, with the ability to resolve conflict and strengthen team culture.

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical plans with HSA and FSA options • Dental • Vision • Life and AD&D • Short-Term and Long-Term Disability • Paid Parental Leave and Paid Caregiver Leave after 1 year • Vacation (3 wks./per year, pro-rated, based on hours worked) • Sick time (12 days, pro-rated, based on hours worked) • Holiday Pay (10 holidays + 2 floating holidays each year) • Volunteer Time (8 hours per year) • Long-Term Care and Critical Illness insurance options • Employee Assistance Program • 403(b) Retirement Plan