Night & Weekend News Editor After-Hours Wire Master

The Center Square; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

The Center Square is seeking a Night/Weekend Editor to monitor after-hours and weekend news across all 50 states. You’ll top-edit, publish, and push breaking stories, coordinating with editors and partners to keep our audience informed as events develop in real time.

You bring journalism experience in fast-paced environments, strong newsroom judgment, and the ability to publish quickly on deadline. This role emphasizes accountability, speed, and independent decision-making.

Qualifications

• Solid background in journalism across print and digital.
• Ability to report and edit on deadline at wire speed.
• Experience coordinating with editors and partnerships.

Responsibilities

• Be a news hawk monitoring sites, social media, and feeds for breaking stories.
• Back up regional editors by top-editing, headlining, and publishing after hours.
• Spot trends and surface stories before they break, assign and file.
• Send breaking-news alerts through internal and partner channels.
• Cover after-hours watch with government accountability focus and mass-interest events.
• Communicate with senior editors and partnerships to keep coverage aligned.

Skills

News reporting

Editing

Deadline-driven

Social media literacy

Wire service experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Job description

The Center Square is seeking a Night/Weekend Editor to monitor after-hours and weekend news across all 50 states. You’ll top-edit, publish, and push breaking stories, coordinating with editors and partners to keep our audience informed as events develop in real time.

You bring journalism experience in fast-paced environments, strong newsroom judgment, and the ability to publish quickly on deadline. This role emphasizes accountability, speed, and independent decision-making.