Deputy Editor, Breaking News

Jobtailor; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor in San Francisco is seeking a live journalism editor to monitor breaking news, assign and edit stories, and launch rolling coverage across web, app and social platforms.

You will use audience signals and real-time data to shape coverage, test new formats, and participate in rotating night and weekend shifts, helping expand the reach of Bay Area news to diverse audiences.

Qualifications

• At least two years’ experience at a daily newspaper, magazine or web publication or the equivalent as a reporter and/or editor
• Strong news judgment and instinct for what matters to Bay Area readers
• Experience with live blogs, rolling coverage, real-time updates or another form of continuous digital journalism
• Excellent editing, headline-writing and digital-production skills
• Understanding of how to use real-time data and audience signals to inform editorial decisions
• Flexibility to work nights, weekends and holidays as part of a rotating breaking-news and live-coverage schedule

Responsibilities

• Monitor for, assign and edit stories on breaking news and emerging developments
• Launch and edit live blogs and other rolling coverage
• Help develop an evolving editorial approach to live journalism
• Increase the volume and range of live journalism by identifying opportunities across breaking news, elections, severe weather, major public events, sports and other high-interest moments
• Use audience data to evaluate live coverage and improve its format, cadence, reach and usefulness
• Help test live storytelling formats, tools and workflows across web, app, alerts, newsletters and social platforms
• Participate in an editing rotation that may include nights, weekends and holidays
• Use artificial intelligence tools and automated systems to help drive breaking news discovery and content delivery

Skills

Live Journalism Experience

Strong News Judgment

Excellent Editing Skills

Real-Time Data Utilization

Flexibility for Rotating Schedule

Tools

Artificial Intelligence Tools

Automated Systems

Web Platforms

App Platforms

Social Media

Job description

• Monitor for, assign and edit stories on breaking news and emerging developments
• Launch and edit live blogs and other rolling coverage
• Help develop an evolving editorial approach to live journalism
• Increase the volume and range of live journalism by identifying opportunities across breaking news, elections, severe weather, major public events, sports and other high-interest moments
• Use audience data to evaluate live coverage and improve its format, cadence, reach and usefulness
• Help test live storytelling formats, tools and workflows across web, app, alerts, newsletters and social platforms
• Participate in an editing rotation that may include nights, weekends and holidays
• Use artificial intelligence tools and automated systems to help drive breaking news discovery and content delivery

Requirements

• At least two years’ experience at a daily newspaper, magazine or web publication or the equivalent as a reporter and/or editor
• Strong news judgment and instinct for what matters to Bay Area readers
• Experience with live blogs, rolling coverage, real-time updates or another form of continuous digital journalism
• Excellent editing, headline-writing and digital-production skills
• Understanding of how to use real-time data and audience signals to inform editorial decisions
• Flexibility to work nights, weekends and holidays as part of a rotating breaking-news and live-coverage schedule

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in live journalism, including the ability to monitor, edit, and enhance real-time coverage across various platforms. Proficient in utilizing audience data and artificial intelligence tools to inform editorial decisions and improve content delivery.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Live Journalism Experience
• Strong News Judgment
• Excellent Editing Skills
• Real-Time Data Utilization
• Flexibility for Rotating Schedule

Hard Skills

• Editing
• Headline-Writing
• Digital Production
• Live Blogging
• Rolling Coverage
• Real-Time Updates
• Audience Data Analysis
• Content Delivery
• Story Assignment
• Emerging Developments Monitoring

Soft Skills

• News Instinct
• Adaptability
• Collaboration

Industry Keywords

• Digital Journalism
• Breaking News
• Editorial Approach
• Audience Signals
• High-Interest Events

Tools & Technologies

• Artificial Intelligence Tools
• Automated Systems
• Web Platforms
• App Platforms
• Social Media