Live News Editor: Real-Time Coverage & AI Tools

Nashville Public Radio; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The San Francisco Chronicle seeks an editor to expand real-time coverage and oversee our live news operation in San Francisco. This editor will monitor, assign and edit breaking news and help uplevel our live coverage with rolling updates, real-time explainers, event coverage and emerging formats.

They will drive audience-focused approaches, test new storytelling tools, and lead live-blog initiatives while collaborating with senior leadership and the audience team.

Qualifications

• At least two years’ experience at a daily newspaper, magazine or web publication.
• 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.
• An understanding of how to use real-time data and audience signals to inform editorial decisions.

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 the Chronicle’s live journalism by identifying opportunities across major coverage arenas: 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.

Skills

News judgment

Editing

Headline-writing

Digital-production skills

Real-time data usage

Job description

The San Francisco Chronicle seeks an editor to expand real-time coverage and oversee our live news operation in San Francisco. This editor will monitor, assign and edit breaking news and help uplevel our live coverage with rolling updates, real-time explainers, event coverage and emerging formats.

They will drive audience-focused approaches, test new storytelling tools, and lead live-blog initiatives while collaborating with senior leadership and the audience team.