Editor II, Network Desk

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🦌 Connecticut, Maine, +8 more states – Remote

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💵 $110k - $112k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

✏️ Editor

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NPR

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1970

📱 Media

🤝 Non-profit

🌍 Social Impact

💰 $4.7M Grant on 2020-05

Media • Non-profit • Social Impact

NPR is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing breaking news, analysis, music, arts, and podcasts. As a prominent figure in journalism, NPR covers top stories in U. S. and world news, politics, health, science, business, and culture. Among its many offerings, NPR is known for its diverse range of podcasts and programming that include news, music, and cultural topics, thereby fulfilling its mission of public service journalism and cultural exploration.

📋 Description

• Communicate and collaborate daily with journalists, news directors, and editors across Northeast regional hubs and Member stations • Identify, develop, and coordinate coverage with national resonance • Edit, fact-check, and supervise multiplatform audio, digital, and broadcast material • Ensure work meets NPR’s standards for fairness, accuracy, and technical quality • Coordinate rapid-response breaking news coverage from the Northeast • Direct station updates and dispatches for national shows, digital platforms, and hourly newscasts • Communicate with Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Here & Now, podcasts, and the digital news desk about story length, angles, framing, and scheduling • Track regional news cycles and maintain forward-looking editorial calendars • Identify emerging cultural, political, and systemic trends across the Northeast • Conduct workshops, coaching sessions, and feedback discussions for Regional Hubs • Champion story ideas reflecting the demographic and geographical diversity of the Northeast • Coordinate freelancer agreements, story commissions, and reporter filing payments • Partner with regional editors and Network Desk leadership to improve communication pipelines and newsroom workflows

🎯 Requirements

• 5+ years of professional journalism experience at a reputable news organization • 3+ years of experience editing regional or national daily news coverage across audio and digital platforms • Demonstrated track record editing breaking news under tight deadlines with precision and journalistic integrity • Proven experience editing enterprise, investigative, or feature journalism from pitch to final audio/digital production • Sound journalistic judgment rooted in rigorous fact-checking, balance, fairness, and editorial ethics • Track record of building collaborative partnerships with decentralized reporters, freelancers, or station partners • Experience editing for both audio broadcast/podcasting and digital news writing • Willingness to travel up to 10% of the time • Exceptional news-writing, line-editing, and sound-rich audio structuring skills • Ability to provide constructive, empathetic, and clear feedback to journalists of varied experience levels • Ability to prioritize multiple assignments and navigate breaking news calmly and decisively • Comfort with modern digital content management systems, audio editing tools, Slack, and AirTable • Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, or a related field, or equivalent relevant work experience • Must work at a designated remote location within ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, or DC • Bilingual or multilingual fluency relevant to regional coverage areas is preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits for employees and dependents • Health and wellness benefits • Paid time off • Financial well-being benefits • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • Vision insurance • Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance • Long-term disability insurance • Short-term disability insurance • Voluntary retirement savings • Equal opportunity workplace