Senior Editor, Science & Health — Lead National Coverage

Atlantic Media; New York (NY); On-site; USD 105,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

The Atlantic is hiring a senior editor to join the newsroom’s Science and Health team. This editor will oversee staff writers and work closely with the team’s other editors to produce stories that lead the national conversation about the frontiers of science.

This position will be instrumental in steering our coverage of life on Earth and beyond—its present, past, and future—and of the forces that shape it.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in journalism or editorial leadership.
• Ability to define conversations around national issues and lead coverage that matters.
• Proven track record of shaping ideas-driven reporting and overseeing large teams.

Responsibilities

• Oversee staff writers and editors on the Science and Health team.
• Assign magazine stories and guide narrative sophistication for wide audiences.
• Steer coverage of life on Earth and beyond, including related disciplines.

Skills

Leadership

Editing

Story assignment

Team collaboration

Science journalism

Job description

The Atlantic is hiring a senior editor to join the newsroom’s Science and Health team. This editor will oversee staff writers and work closely with the team’s other editors to produce stories that lead the national conversation about the frontiers of science.

This position will be instrumental in steering our coverage of life on Earth and beyond—its present, past, and future—and of the forces that shape it.