Senior Weekend Politics & Breaking News Editor

Versant Media, LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid leave

Tuition reimbursement

Discounts and perks

Job summary

VERSANT Media is seeking an experienced breaking news editor to lead MS NOW Digital’s expanding coverage, with a primary focus on politics and breaking and trending news. The editor will coordinate with the D.C. and N.Y.

bureaus and platform producers while shaping weekend coverage across platforms. The ideal candidate has newsroom leadership experience, superb writing and editing skills, and a deep understanding of journalistic standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of relevant working experience.
• 7+ years working in a newsroom environment.
• 7+ years working in a strictly digital shop.
• Must be able to edit quickly and accurately.
• Must have experience working in breaking news and ideally, political news.
• Must have the desire to work in a creative, demanding and competitive environment.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with the D.C. and N.Y. bureaus and breaking news teams to cover the most important stories of the day.
• Edit and mentor the breaking news reporters during your shifts.
• Work with senior editors and the managing editor for news to create and implement a weekend breaking news strategy for MS NOW.
• Stay informed about the 2028 presidential campaign and its candidates, helping to keep track of reporter deployment, linear TV plans and reading widely.
• Help lead live blog coverage as needed.
• Collaborate across editorial and platform teams to optimize reader engagement.
• Work with platforms producers to keep the homepage looking updated and fresh, and help with headlines, push alerts and newsletter production.
• Edit and occasionally write breaking news and enterprise articles on the top headlines

Skills

Editing

Breaking news experience

Digital newsroom experience

Political news familiarity

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Job description

VERSANT Media is seeking an experienced breaking news editor to lead MS NOW Digital’s expanding coverage, with a primary focus on politics and breaking and trending news. The editor will coordinate with the D.C. and N.Y.

bureaus and platform producers while shaping weekend coverage across platforms. The ideal candidate has newsroom leadership experience, superb writing and editing skills, and a deep understanding of journalistic standards.