Lead Investigative Editor, Spotlight Team

Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

The Boston Globe is seeking a dynamic investigative editor to lead its Spotlight Team, the crown jewel of American journalism based in Boston. This on-site role anchors Greater Boston reporting with world-wide impact.

You will guide a world-class team of reporters and editors, develop high-profile investigations, and mentor editors while collaborating across departments including legal and data to ensure rigorous storytelling.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in investigative journalism and editing.
• Ability to lead multi-month investigations from conception to publication.
• Strong editing across structure, prose, accuracy, and fairness.
• Proven ability to mentor reporters and manage a high-performing team.

Responsibilities

• Lead Spotlight's investigative strategy, setting priorities and maintaining a strong pipeline of high-impact, public-interest journalism
• Edit investigations from the ground up, helping reporters develop ideas, build source networks, structure records requests, and execute a reporting plan through final publication
• Provide substantive editing on drafts: structure, argument, prose, accuracy, and fairness
• Coach and mentor reporters at all levels, with a particular focus on developing promising leads and early-stage ideas into fully realized investigations
• Collaborate with the Editor of The Boston Globe and senior editors to align Spotlight's work with broader newsroom priorities
• Work across departments including visual journalism, data, audience development and legal to give investigations the reach and rigor they need
• Sustain a team culture where reporters feel supported to take risks, ask hard questions, and do their best work
• Represent Spotlight in editorial conversations and serve as an advocate for investigative journalism across the newsroom

Skills

Investigative journalism

Editing

Leadership

Sourcing and legal coordination

Data journalism

Job description

The Boston Globe is seeking a dynamic investigative editor to lead its Spotlight Team, the crown jewel of American journalism based in Boston. This on-site role anchors Greater Boston reporting with world-wide impact.

You will guide a world-class team of reporters and editors, develop high-profile investigations, and mentor editors while collaborating across departments including legal and data to ensure rigorous storytelling.