General Manager – Mountain Media/Virginia Media

VIRGINIA PRESS ASSN; Virginia, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Virginia Media is seeking a capable editor and business-minded leader to guide a 19-paper network across rural West Virginia and southern Virginia. The role blends editorial excellence with financial stewardship, advancing from editor today to general manager tomorrow as responsibilities and compensation grow.

The ideal candidate commands newsroom respect, is organized and self-directed, comfortable with P&L concepts, and willing to travel to communities across WV and southern VA.

Qualifications

• An experienced editor or journalist who commands respect in a newsroom.
• Organized, dependable, and comfortable leading people.
• At ease with budgets and numbers — you can read a P&L and manage a cost.
• Self-directed: you don’t need someone standing over your shoulder.
• Willing to travel across our WV and southern VA communities.
• Someone who believes local journalism is worth fighting for.

Responsibilities

• Lead a 19-paper network of community newspapers.
• Grow from editor into general manager with increasing pay and responsibility.
• Oversee budgeting, cost management, and resource allocation.
• Coordinate leadership across WV and southern VA communities and travel as needed.

Skills

Editorial leadership

Budgeting

P&L literacy

Travel willingness

Job description

General Manager – Mountain Media/Virginia Media

Editor & General Manager — Community Newspaper Network

We publish 19 community newspapers across rural West Virginia and southern Virginia — For decades these titles have covered the city councils, school boards, ball games, and front-porch stories that no regional or national outlet will ever touch.

Who You Are

• An experienced editor or journalist who commands respect in a newsroom
• Organized, dependable, and comfortable leading people
• At ease with budgets and numbers — you can read a P&L and manage a cost
• Self-directed: you don’t need someone standing over your shoulder
• Willing to travel across our WV and southern VA communities
• Someone who believes local journalism is worth fighting for

We’re looking for a rare person to help lead them: a strong editor who also has the instincts to run a business. It’s a genuine path: editor today, general manager tomorrow, with the pay and responsibility growing as you do.

What We Offer

• A real leadership path — grow from editor into general manager of a 19-paper network