News Editor

Storyful; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401K

Midtown Manhattan office

Subsidized restaurant

Fitness center

Job summary

The U.S. Sun in New York is seeking an experienced News Editor to join our fast-paced newsroom. You will lead the team, break national stories, and publish with speed and accuracy while maintaining high editorial standards.

You will shape daily news, guide SEO-driven strategies, and mentor staff to grow a robust digital audience in a competitive market.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of journalism experience, including 2+ years in editing.
• Proven ability to manage reporters and produce breaking news and exclusives.
• Tech-savvy with analytics, SEO, social media and digital audience growth.
• Comfortable ensuring content meets legal/ethical standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead the news team: assign stories, manage breaking news, uphold editorial standards.
• Run morning editorial meetings and set the daily news agenda.
• Collaborate with SEO, audience, video, and design teams to maximize reach.
• Coach reporters and editors through feedback and development.
• Prioritize original content and exclusives to drive readership.

Skills

Experienced journalist

Editorial leadership

Digital storytelling

News judgment

Fast decision making

Voice consistency

Tools

Analytics tools

SEO

Social media platforms

Job description

Job Description : Position: News Editor (The Sun) Location: NYC 1211 6th Avenue Type: Full time in office Pay Range: $80,000 - $110,000

News Editor - The U.S. Sun

Are you a driven and dynamic journalist looking to make an impact at one of the fastest-growing digital news platforms? The U.S. Sun is looking for an experienced News Editor to join our team in New York.

Why Join Us?

Part of News Corp, The U.S. Sun has quickly become a dominant force in digital journalism, delivering exclusive content on news, entertainment, lifestyle, and more. Since our US launch in 2020, we've exceeded traffic and revenue goals, establishing ourselves as the fastest-growing news site in the US.

What’s the Role?

This is a great opportunity for someone who thrives in a fast-paced newsroom and is passionate about breaking stories, driving original reporting, and mentoring a team. You will identify and break national stories and will assign, edit and publish stories. This is a role for someone who lives and breathes the news and can break stories at pace. You will understand SEO and search-driven content strategies to increase readership and search visibility, monitor analytics, Google Trends, Parsley, and audience performance to guide editorial decisions while ensuring accuracy, speed and editorial standards in a high-volume breaking news environment.

Day to day you will:

• Lead the news team: assigning stories, managing breaking news, ensuring strong editorial standards, and taking the lead on the biggest stories of the day.
• Run morning editorial meetings and shape the daily news agenda.
• Work closely with SEO, audience, video, and design teams to maximize reach.
• Develop reporters and editors through coaching and feedback.
• Prioritize original content and exclusives.
• Monitor performance across platforms and adapt strategy as needed.
• Manage forward planning for the news section, and planning stories and content around future events.
• Help build out specialist sections e.g. motors and travel.
• Occasionally manage weekend or evening news operations if there is a larger event, e.g, the Oscars, the Super Bowl.

What we’re looking for from you:

• Experienced Journalist: At least 5 years of journalism experience, including 2+ years in an editing role.
• Management experience: Experience managing reporters and producing standout breaking news and exclusives.
• Tech-savvy: Experience with analytics tools, SEO, social media, and strategies for growing a digital audience.
• Legal and Compliance-Aware: Comfortable ensuring all content meets legal and ethical standards.
• Fast-Paced Thinker: Ability to thrive under pressure, making quick decisions and adapting in a fast-moving newsroom while remaining calm and collaborative.
• A clear sense of what makes The US Sun's voice stand out — and how to keep it sharp.

What we offer:

• Salary: Competitive Salary based on experience with excellent benefits, including healthcare, dental, and 401K.
• Career Growth: Take on a leading role in a dynamic newsroom with exciting career opportunities.
• Prime Location: Work from our Midtown Manhattan office with access to a subsidized restaurant and fitness center.
• Shifts & Schedule Full-time, based in our Midtown Manhattan office Regular office hours with occasional evening and weekend shifts

We’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and do not discriminate based on race, gender, age, orientation, or disability.

Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other protected characteristic.

EEO/Disabled/Vets Reasonable Accommodation

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and/or interview process.

Base Pay Range: $80,000 - $110,000 We’re committed to offering competitive and flexible compensation to attract top talent. This pay range reflects our good faith estimate for the role and may vary based on a candidate’s experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors. For bonus-eligible roles, targets are determined based on multiple considerations, including market benchmarks and individual contributions. For benefits-eligible roles, we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health, retirement, wellbeing, and more, along with optional benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees.

News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV) is a global, diversified media and information services company focused on creating and distributing authoritative and engaging content and other products and services. The company comprises businesses across a range of media, including: information services and news, digital real estate services and book publishing. Headquartered in New York, News Corp operates primarily in the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom, and its content and other products and services are distributed and consumed worldwide.

More information is available at: http://newscorp.com.