Senior Editor, Editorial Review — Final Air & News

NPR; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 130,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness benefits

Paid time off

Financial well-being options

Job summary

NPR is seeking a Senior Editor, Editorial Review to provide essential final editorial oversight for journalism across the Content Division. You will ensure excellence, fairness, accuracy and consistency before air or publication, adapting review as formats vary for different platforms.

The ideal candidate has extensive editorial experience in a large, mission-driven newsroom, with strong curiosity, flexibility, and collaboration skills.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of distinctive, original news reporting or editing on a national level.
• Experience editing across multiple platforms for diverse audiences.
• Excellence in editing breaking news, explanatory journalism and features.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Proven editorial decision-making experience.
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects under tight deadlines.
• Commitment to data-informed understanding of the work and audiences.
• Deep understanding of NPR's values and public service mission.

Responsibilities

• Edit journalistic content for accuracy, fairness and consistency as final review before air/publication.
• Copy edit digital stories, breaking news, long-form features and multiplatform pieces for grammar and AP/NPR style.
• Determine additional editing needs based on story complexity and review status.
• Collaborate with main editors and show/platform leads for integrated content.
• Manage day-to-day workflow with guidance from editors-in-chief and managing editors.
• Coordinate with standards, practices and leadership to develop guidance on editorial matters.
• Review data from content analysts and act on findings as appropriate.

Skills

Editorial editing

Multi-platform editing

Deadline-driven

Strong communication

Editorial decision-making

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in work experience

Job description

NPR is seeking a Senior Editor, Editorial Review to provide essential final editorial oversight for journalism across the Content Division. You will ensure excellence, fairness, accuracy and consistency before air or publication, adapting review as formats vary for different platforms.

The ideal candidate has extensive editorial experience in a large, mission-driven newsroom, with strong curiosity, flexibility, and collaboration skills.