Senior Editor, Final Editorial Review

RadioJobs; Washington (District of Columbia); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 147,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NPR Benefits

On-site role

Job summary

NPR is seeking a Senior Editor, Editorial Review in Washington, DC for an on-site role with Sunday-Thursday shifts (10 a.m.–7 p.m., with flexibility for breaking news). You will provide final editorial oversight across content, ensuring accuracy, fairness, and consistency for air or publication, across platforms.

The ideal candidate has extensive national-level editing experience, strong collaboration skills, and a commitment to NPR’s public service mission.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of distinctive, original news reporting or editing experience on a national level.
• Experience editing across multiple platforms and understanding audience needs per platform.
• Excellence in editing breaking news, explanatory journalism and features.
• Excellent communication and collaboration on cross-team projects.
• Proven editorial decision-making experience.
• Ability to manage multiple complex projects under tight deadlines.
• Commitment to data analysis to understand division work and audience impact.
• Deep understanding of NPR’s public service mission and values.
• Passion for engaging diverse audiences across platforms.

Responsibilities

• Edit journalistic content for accuracy, fairness and consistency before air/publication.
• Copy edit digital stories and multimedia pieces for grammar, factual accuracy, and NPR style.
• Determine additional editing needs based on story complexity and prior reviews.
• Collaborate with main editors and platform leads to ensure alignment.
• Manage day-to-day workflow with guidance from senior editors.
• Coordinate with News and Planning editors to integrate coverage.
• Help develop editorial guidance and best practices for the division.
• Review data on the division's performance and act on insights.

Skills

Communication skills

Editorial decision-making

Deadline management

Data analysis

Collaboration

Adaptability

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent in work experience

Job description

NPR is seeking a Senior Editor, Editorial Review in Washington, DC for an on-site role with Sunday-Thursday shifts (10 a.m.–7 p.m., with flexibility for breaking news). You will provide final editorial oversight across content, ensuring accuracy, fairness, and consistency for air or publication, across platforms.

The ideal candidate has extensive national-level editing experience, strong collaboration skills, and a commitment to NPR’s public service mission.