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Senior News Editor, Voices
AOL
New York, NY, United States
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Company Description
The Huffington Post is a Pulitzer Prize-winning source of breaking news, video, features, and entertainment, as well as a highly engaged global community for opinion and conversation. The platform has 100,000 bloggers -- from politicians, students and celebrities to academics, parents and policy experts -- who contribute in real-time on the subjects about which they are most passionate. The Huffington Post is committed to covering our core editorial pillars -- news and politics, wellness, and solutions to the world's biggest problems -- and using every available tool and platform, including virtual reality and immersive storytelling, to inform, inspire, entertain and empower. With a global multi-platform audience, The Huffington Post has editions in the UK, Canada, France, Spain, Italy, Japan, Maghreb, Germany, Brazil, South Korea, Greece, India, Australia and the Arab world. The Huffington Post is part of AOL Inc.
Job Description
The Huffington Post is looking for an accurate, fast senior news editor to handle line and copy edits for the Voices department, with a focus on Black Voices and Latino Voices.
Ideal candidates will be comfortable editing breaking news, enterprise stories, features, and viral news stories. This position will require editing a broad range of text, so editors should have a wide knowledge base and be a quick study. The candidate should have deep familiarity with covering and editing stories that fall into the topic areas either BV or LV cover.
As The Huffington Post’s final line of defense, these editors will have impeccable news judgment, high editorial standards, a strong sense of story structure and a firm grasp of grammar and AP style.
Qualifications
• 5-7 years of editing experience
• A voracious media diet and extensive knowledge of national and international news
• The ability to work independently and at a fast pace
• A knack for writing shareable headlines and for packaging stories in a visually appealing way
• Strong familiarity with SEO and AP style
• Superior communication skills
This position is in the WGA-E bargaining unit.
Additional Information
EEO/AA Women, Minorities, Veterans, Individuals with Disabilities Employer: AOL offers a competitive salary and benefits package, including 401(k) match and performance bonus. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, and will not be discriminated against based on, race, gender, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability or other protected category.