Senior Editor, Climate & Investigative Journalism (Remote)

AgUpdate; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Inside Climate News is seeking a senior editor to lead and edit a reporting team of four to six reporters, guiding daily stories, enterprise projects, and collaborations with partner newsrooms with craft, care and collaboration.

The ideal candidate has 7–10 years’ experience as writer and editor, demonstrated ability to supervise long‑form narrative, investigative or explanatory journalism, and a deep commitment to climate and environmental justice.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years’ experience as writer and editor.
• Proven ability to edit long-form investigative/explanatory journalism.
• Strong mentorship of reporters to achieve high-quality work.
• Curiosity and passion for climate, environment reporting.
• Commitment to ICN values: kindness, collaboration, diversity.

Responsibilities

• Lead staff news meetings and coordinate daily editing tasks.
• Schedule and budget stories, brainstorm with staff.
• Confer with reporters on story approaches and liaise with partner newsrooms.
• Edit daily stories, takeouts, think pieces, and enterprise journalism.

Skills

Editorial leadership

Mentoring journalists

Long-form editing

Deadline writing/editing

Climate/environment journalism

Collaboration & teamwork

Job description

Inside Climate News is seeking a senior editor to lead and edit a reporting team of four to six reporters, guiding daily stories, enterprise projects, and collaborations with partner newsrooms with craft, care and collaboration.

The ideal candidate has 7–10 years’ experience as writer and editor, demonstrated ability to supervise long‑form narrative, investigative or explanatory journalism, and a deep commitment to climate and environmental justice.