Associate Editor

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🕒 June 16

🐊 Florida – Remote

🐊 Florida – Remote

💵 $35 - $40 / hour

⏳ Contract/Temporary

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

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Miami Times, INC.

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11 - 50 employees

📱 Media

📣 Marketing

Media • Marketing

Miami Times, INC. is South Florida's oldest and largest Black newspaper, established in 1923. It has a rich history in newspaper publishing and is a recognized winner of the General Excellence Award. Based out of Miami, Florida, Miami Times, INC. functions as a marketing and advertising company, leveraging its media platform to reach diverse communities.

📋 Description

• Assignment desk + workflow ownership • Work closely with the Publisher to shape the monthly editorial plan and coverage priorities • Assign and track stories from pitch to publish, keeping writers aligned on scope and deadlines • Lead collaborative story-planning conversations with staff and freelancers to generate strong hyperlocal ideas • Editing + quality control • Review and line-edit all content prior to copy editing (clarity, structure, voice, accuracy, and flow) • Ensure stories meet editorial standards for fairness, sourcing, and local relevance • From time to time, contribute high-value stories, features, or opinion pieces as needed • Team coordination + production close • Oversee our staff writer and coordinate a small team of contributors and freelance writers • Recruit and onboard new freelance writers periodically to meet evolving editorial needs • Work closely with the graphic design team to support final page production and a clean handoff to print • Keep the issue on track and help ensure we consistently meet monthly print deadlines • Community relationships • Build and maintain working relationships with elected officials, business leaders, and community stakeholders to support reporting and advance the publication’s editorial mission

🎯 Requirements

• 3+ years experience editing in a newsroom or news publishing environment (community/local strongly preferred) • Strong news judgment and comfort shaping angles, tightening structure, and elevating clarity fast • Excellent line-editing skills and attention to detail • Solid command of AP Style (and ability to enforce consistent house style) • Proven ability to manage writers and freelancers with clear feedback and steady follow-through • Comfortable working with print workflows and collaborating with designers toward page close • Organized, deadline-driven, and calm under pressure—especially during the final week of production • Familiarity with Miami neighborhoods, civic issues, and local government • Spanish proficiency • Experience with CMS tools and basic editorial workflow systems.