Part-Time Editor

Storyful; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 55,000 - 69,000; Part time

Job summary

The New York Post is seeking an experienced editor for a part-time role (16-24 hours per week) with the Sunday staff. The editor will edit breaking copy and long-form stories in the Post’s tabloid voice for web and Sunday print, mining and assigning stories with a critical eye.

You’ll lead a team of reporters, provide clear direction, and ensure coverage spans local, national and international news in the Post’s distinctive style.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher.
• Minimum of 5 years of editing in a busy newsroom.
• Ability to edit and rewrite breaking news and long-form stories in lively tabloid prose for web and print.
• A keen understanding of the voice of the Post.

Responsibilities

• Mine, assign and edit an array of stories on immediate deadline for web and Sunday print edition.
• Give clear direction to the team of reporters and journalists.
• Transform breaking copy on deadline to sing in The Post's tabloid voice.
• Cover local, national and international news with a bold, engaging style.

Skills

Editing experience

Attention to detail

Critical thinking

Story selection

Collaboration

Tone and voice

Broad knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher

Job description

Job Description

Job Description: The New York Post provides readers with the best in News, Sports, Pop Culture, Fashion and Entertainment – with signature wit, irreverence and authority averaging 90 million unique viewers a month. Over the past 225 years, The Post has evolved into a multi-platform media company spanning print, digital, video, audio, app, television and commerce. The NY Post is looking for an experienced editor for a part-time role (16-24 hours per week) with the Sunday staff. The editor is expected to be a line and assignment editor who possesses fine attention to detail, critical thinking skills, and who can also aggressively transform breaking copy on deadline to sing in The Post's unique tabloid voice. The editor should be able to mine, assign and edit an array of stories -- impactful, quirky, scandalous, etc. -- on immediate deadline for our website, and also for the Sunday print edition. The editor must be able to give clear direction to our team of award-winning field reporters and in-office journos. The Sunday team breaks local, national and international news, investigates government corruption, crushes hypocrisy wherever we find it, mines the world for the quirky and the funny, and delivers award-winning, long-and short-form journalism in the boldest tabloid voice. The NY Post is the nation’s 5th-largest U.S. newspaper by circulation and its website routinely generates tens of millions of pageviews every weekend. The ability to handle anything from a breaking brief to a sprawling news feature, in a wide range of subjects, is needed. And you’ll even get to spitball with the rest of us on our world-famous Page 1 headlines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• A minimum of 5 years of editing in a busy newsroom
• Comfortable editing/re-writing both breaking news and long-form stories in lively tabloid prose for web and print
• A keen understanding of the voice of the Post
• A knack for finding stories our readers crave
• A critical eye for facts and tone
• Broad knowledge base
• Willingness to collaborate and ability to communicate with a close-knit team of NYC’s best journalists

Note

This position requires onsite work in our Midtown Manhattan office 1-2 days per week, with a regular Friday-Saturday schedule.

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 under applicable law.

EEO/Disabled/Vets Reasonable Accommodation

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

Base Pay Range

$40.00 - $50.00 Hourly

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.

About the New York Post Media Group

New York Post Media Group is home to the oldest continuously-published daily newspaper in the United States, The New York Post, founded by Alexander Hamilton in 1801. Its portfolio also houses some of the nation’s premier digital destinations for news, sports and entertainment, including The California Post and fabled Page Six gossip column, a world leader in breaking celebrity news that has evolved into its own iconic and powerful brand. The Post Digital Network is composed of the flagship NYPost.com, TheCaliforniaPost.com, PageSix.com, including Page Six Style, and Decider.com, covering streaming television and movies. The New York Post Media Group is owned by News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).