Senior Editor, Politics (AJC)

Atlanta Journal-Constitution; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading media organization as a Senior Editor, Politics, where you'll guide a team of journalists covering Georgia politics. This hands-on role requires excellent news judgment and a deep understanding of political systems. You'll shape political coverage across various platforms while ensuring accuracy and engagement. Ideal candidates thrive in a fast-paced environment and are excited to lead the newsroom's transformation.

Benefits

Flexible vacation policy

Paid wellness hours

Paid holidays

Paid time off for various leaves

Qualifications

• 8+ years of journalism experience or equivalent.
• Ability to interpret metrics for decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Assign and edit stories from journalists in Georgia and D.C.
• Collaborate with teams for impactful political coverage.
• Monitor digital metrics to drive growth.

Skills

Editorial Organization Knowledge

Agile Best Practices

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

PhD

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At The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC), our mission is to be the most essential and engaging source of news for the people of Atlanta, Georgia and the South. As we transition from a historic daily newspaper to a dynamic modern media company, we are seeking a talented Senior Editor, Politics to join our team. The AJC believes that when you cover the South, you uncover the nation. It's a belief that's produced award-winning journalism, elevated our community, and captured the substance and soul of our hometown.

If you're ready to make headlines with your talent and drive, we want you on our team. Apply now and be a part of the next chapter in the AJC's transformation.

We're looking for a Senior Editor, Politics who will play a critical leadership role in one of the AJC's most visible and impactful coverage areas. This editor will guide a team of experienced journalists covering Georgia politics at both the state and federal levels. You will help shape our political coverage across platforms - web, mobile, audio, newsletters, social media, live events, and more - with an eye toward increasing relevance, accessibility and reach.

This is a hands-on editing role that requires excellent news judgment, a deep understanding of political systems and policy, and the ability to connect breaking news, enterprise, and investigative work to our readers' lives. You'll be expected to elevate story framing and ensure our coverage is accurate, timely, fair, and engaging to a broad and diverse audience.

This position is ideal for someone who thrives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, who can balance long-term planning with day-to-day execution, and who is excited to help lead the transformation of our newsroom into a modern, audience-first media organization.

Please note, this role is based in Atlanta, GA.

Key Responsibilities

• Assign and edit stories from journalists based in Georgia and Washington, D.C.
• Work closely with the AJC Politics team, including the Deputy Politics Editor, to frame stories and identify new angles.
• Leverage headlines and SEO best practices to expand the reach of our journalism and appeal to different audiences.
• Collaborate with teams across the newsroom to deliver distinctive, high-impact coverage of the Legislature, governor, state agencies, and statewide politics, emphasizing how policies affect people.
• Partner with the newsroom leaders and other teams to balance reporters' time spent on podcasts, live events, TV appearances, social platforms, and other initiatives-all aligned with the AJC's audience growth strategy.
• Build and maintain a culture of trust, partnership, and diplomacy within and beyond the Politics team.
• Monitor and act on key digital metrics to drive growth and engagement.
  
  

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree and at least 8+ years of professional journalism experience, or Master's degree with 6+ years, or PhD with 3+ years, or at least 12 years of relevant experience without a degree.
• Expert knowledge of how an editorial organization operates
• Demonstrated ability to work with and interpret metrics to guide decisions
• A growth mindset, with the ability to guide teams in agile best practices
• Highly flexible, collaborative, and able to work effectively across multiple teams
  
  

The responsibilities above describe the general nature and level of work performed and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required. We look forward to your application and the opportunity to grow our impactful journalism team together!

USD 90,100.00 - 150,100.00 per year

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $90,100.00 - $150,100.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate's knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Benefits

The Company offers eligible employees the flexibility to take as much vacation with pay as they deem consistent with their duties, the company's needs, and its obligations; seven paid holidays throughout the calendar year; and up to 160 hours of paid wellness annually for their own wellness or that of family members. Employees are also eligible for additional paid time off in the form of bereavement leave, time off to vote, jury duty leave, volunteer time off, military leave, and parental leave.

Applicants must currently be authorized to work in the United States for any employer without current or future sponsorship.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing

• Industries

  Newspaper Publishing

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