Editorial Director

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🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

💵 $160k - $175k / year

⏰ Full Time

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Spotlight PA

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11 - 50 employees

Founded 2019

📱 Media

🤝 Non-profit

🏛️ Government

Media • Non-profit • Government

Spotlight PA is a nonpartisan, independent news organization dedicated to investigative journalism in Pennsylvania. It focuses on delivering in-depth coverage of state and local issues, including governance, elections, health, and the environment, while aiming to enhance public understanding and accountability within these sectors.

📋 Description

• Refine and oversee Spotlight PA’s editorial vision and strategy • Set editorial priorities and oversee newsroom workflow • Oversee story production and editing, newsletters, engagement, and partner initiatives • Ensure a consistent pipeline of investigative and enterprise projects • Maintain standards for clear, accurate, and compelling writing • Measure progress and impact against the organizational mission and Vision 2035 strategic plan • Update the CEO on strategy, major investigations, projects, and initiatives • Collaborate with the CEO and Director of Growth and Product Strategy on audience and product goals • Recruit, supervise, mentor, and evaluate editorial leaders, editors, and reporters • Identify needed newsroom roles and work with the CEO to fund them • Communicate opportunities for advancement, skill-building, and training • Communicate goals and strategy to editorial staff • Establish feedback processes, serve as a sounding board, and hold office hours • Oversee newsroom policy, including policies governing the use of AI • Represent the newsroom to staff, donors, board members, community members, and other stakeholders • Participate in board meetings, community events, conferences, and funding-related cohorts • Serve as point person for editorial partnerships and collaborations • Manage the newsroom budget and participate in annual budgeting • Work with the development team on fundraising, membership growth, revenue-generating editorial products and projects, and newsroom-based grants • Protect editorial independence, prevent siloing, and maintain communication across the organization

🎯 Requirements

• Significant experience leading accountability journalism at a high level • Experience managing editors and reporters • Experience taking ambitious and innovative investigative projects from idea through publication and impact • Demonstrated experience executing priorities and workflow • Ability to juggle competing opportunities with limited resources • Experience communicating with reporters, funders, board members, and other audiences • Ability to build and sustain a healthy newsroom culture • Experience developing staff throughout their careers • Creative thinking about technology, audience, and product • Experience as both an editor and people manager • Experience prioritizing newsroom diversity • Experience managing personnel challenges • Top-notch organizational skills and demonstrated attention to detail • Ability to work collaboratively with external partners • Must be based in Pennsylvania or willing to relocate in short order • Willingness to travel for in-state engagements and national conferences several times per year • Resume and cover letter required

🏖️ Benefits

• Benefits included • Diverse and inclusive culture • Opportunities for advancement, skill-building, and training • Travel for in-state engagements and national conferences several times per year

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