AM Editor: Multiplatform Newsroom Leader

Chicago Public Media Inc; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Vacation & holidays

Retirement plan

Job summary

Chicago Public Media seeks an AM Editor to lead daily news coverage across broadcast, digital, podcasts and print. You will work with anchors, producers, reporters, and other editors to set the tone for the day’s coverage, plan assignments, and shape reporting across platforms.

This full-time role requires strong news judgment, the ability to edit for content, pacing, narrative and voice, and a track record of guiding journalists to distinguished work.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience as an Editor with strong news judgment.
• Outstanding news judgment and experience leading journalists to produce work of tremendous distinction and community impact.
• Demonstrated passion for leading creative daily news coverage.
• Ability to conceptualize and edit news stories for content, accuracy, pacing, ideas, narrative and voice.
• Strong writing skills.
• Fluency and enthusiasm for multiplatform journalism.
• Deep commitment to the highest standards of journalistic ethics and the mission of public media.

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with the editorial team to guide editorial coverage.
• Works with the morning anchor and producer to have the most up-to-date news on the air.
• Directs the work of reporters and producers, and works with the editorial team, to plan and lead execution of daily stories for web and audio, and initiatives across platforms.
• Edits audio and occasional text stories, including digital stories for WBEZ and the Sun-Times.
• Reports for audio, web and print (when necessary).
• Reviews feature and project story pitches.
• Develops and conducts editorial training.
• Helps maintain audio and text standards across platforms.
• Helps manage coverage priorities, including coverage plans for major breaking news events or major events.

Skills

Editorial leadership

News editing

Multiplatform journalism

Strong writing

Ethical standards

Education

Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, humanities or related field

Job description

Chicago Public Media seeks an AM Editor to lead daily news coverage across broadcast, digital, podcasts and print. You will work with anchors, producers, reporters, and other editors to set the tone for the day’s coverage, plan assignments, and shape reporting across platforms.

This full-time role requires strong news judgment, the ability to edit for content, pacing, narrative and voice, and a track record of guiding journalists to distinguished work.