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Senior News Editor, NBCOTS Owned Properties
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New York, NY, United States
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About Us
Company is one of the world’s leading media and entertainment companies in the development, production, and marketing of entertainment, news, and information to a global audience. Company owns and operates a valuable portfolio of news and entertainment television networks, a premier motion picture company, significant television production operations, a leading television stations group, and world-renowned theme parks. Company’s policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, gender identity or expression, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, disability, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, veteran status, membership in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
Responsibilities
We are looking for a highly motivated and creative editor/reporter to help shape the national news and entertainment content being created for the digital teams at NBC’s 12 owned television stations.
The Senior News Editor will play a lead role on the New York-based national digital team in producing and editing timely, compelling and distinct breaking news and features coverage for the 12 stations. This role is part writer, coach and team leader— someone who is dedicated to creating the most distinctive local digital news experiences possible, while understanding how new ideas can fit into existing local frameworks and strategies. Don’t apply if you don’t love breaking news. Many top national news stories first emerge from the coverage areas of NBC’s owned stations.
The editor must have excellent coaching and communication skills to build relationships with other editors in New York and the local digital teams. The editor will be based in New York City and work a morning shift.
• Create original articles for breaking news and features.
• Be a team leader in assigning and executing national editorial coverage priorities.
• Look for planning opportunities to proactively build content for upcoming events and stories. Participate in broader strategic discussions.
• Work with the digital teams at NBC’s 12 owned stations to ensure they are creating the most compelling local digital news experience possible.
• Help editors on our team and in the markets improve stories, headlines and photo selection as needed to lift the overall quality of the sites.
• Assist local editors covering major breaking news stories, including editing stories, writing sidebars, contributing original reporting, building photo galleries, etc.
• Contribute to enterprise projects that support local news coverage, including reporting and writing in-depth stories and features and contributing to interesting data visualizations.
• Work with our multimedia team to produce compelling galleries, videos and interactives.
Qualifications/Requirements
• At least five years as an editor, writer or producer at a major news organization that creates content under tight deadlines.
• Must be able to work evening hours, and fill on weekends and other shifts when demanded by breaking news or other editorial responsibilities.
• Experience working with an online publishing tool or content management system.
• Must be a skilled and fast writer with strong AP Style skills.
• Must possess excellent interpersonal communications skills and a can-do mentality as unexpected challenges arise.
• Multimedia experience (video and photos), and familiarity with analytics and reporting tools are desirable.
• Must have the desire to work in a creative, demanding, competitive environment.
• Must have the ability to coach your colleagues and lead by example.
• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in journalism, political science or English.
• Willingness to follow very specific systems and workflow, while also exercising excellent judgment to know when additional measures are needed.
• Must be willing to work in New York.
• Flexible to adapt to changes in job description.