Chalkbeat
51 - 200 employees
Founded 2014
📱 Media
📚 Education
🤝 Non-profit
Media • Education • Non-profit
Chalkbeat is a nonprofit civic news organization that provides in-depth, local reporting on K–12 education across U. S. communities. It publishes news stories and newsletters, runs city- and topic-focused newsrooms, hosts events and job listings, and partners with sponsors and donors to inform families, educators, and policymakers about education policy, school performance, and classroom issues.
Story Editor
Job not on LinkedIn
🕒 February 6
🌵 Arizona, California, +7 more states – Remote
💵 $95k - $100k / year
⏰ Full Time
🟡 Mid-level
🟠 Senior
✏️ Editor
🗣️🇪🇸 Spanish Required
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Chalkbeat
51 - 200 employees
Founded 2014
📱 Media
📚 Education
🤝 Non-profit
Media • Education • Non-profit
Chalkbeat is a nonprofit civic news organization that provides in-depth, local reporting on K–12 education across U. S. communities. It publishes news stories and newsletters, runs city- and topic-focused newsrooms, hosts events and job listings, and partners with sponsors and donors to inform families, educators, and policymakers about education policy, school performance, and classroom issues.
📋 Description
• Line editing stories from Civic News Company’s Votebeat and Chalkbeat • Making sure stories incorporate regional or national context and are balanced, compelling, properly sourced • Ensuring that stories are precise and clear, read smoothly, and adhere to AP and Civic News style • Attending daily and weekly planning meetings • Providing editorial support to bureau chiefs and managing editors • Inputting and proofing stories in our CMS and occasionally helping with homepage curation and photo uploading • Providing one-on-one coaching and mentoring for reporters when needed
🎯 Requirements
• 5+ years experience in daily journalism • Expertise in story structure, line editing, and copy editing • Experience working in a CMS • Stellar news judgment • Strong interpersonal skills with a knack for working with early career and experienced reporters and collaborating with other editors • A demonstrable interest in U.S. public education and voting rights • Bonus points if you’ve got: Deep knowledge of U.S. public education and voting rights • Journalism experience in New York, Denver, Indianapolis, Michigan, Memphis, Chicago, Newark, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Wisconsin, or Texas • Fluency in Spanish
🏖️ Benefits
• Medical, vision, and dental insurance • Time off that truly supports rest, including 20 days of PTO, a paid one-week recess, 5 sick days, 3 floating holidays, and 12 paid holidays in 2026 • Retirement support through a 401(k) with a 4% employer match that is immediately vested • 100% paid parental leave: 18 weeks fully paid, plus a 2-week part-time return-to-work ramp-up • Flexible Spending Plan for eligible medical or childcare expenses • Annual professional development stipend • Employer-provided life insurance and short- and long-term disability coverage • Monthly reimbursement for cell phone and internet expenses
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