Weekend News Editor: Lead Fast, Insightful Business Coverage

Versant; New Jersey; On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Onsite fitness center and classes

Gourmet cafeteria

Dry cleaning

Shoe shining

Free shuttle to Manhattan

Job summary

CNBC is seeking a sharp, experienced Weekend Editor to lead weekend coverage Thursday through Sunday and manage CNBC’s revamped homepage. You will identify the biggest business, markets, technology and economic stories and shape coverage with reporters across the newsroom.

The role requires superb news judgment, strong editing and headline-writing skills, and the ability to coordinate with editors and platform teams under tight deadlines.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of editing experience in a fast-paced digital or broadcast newsroom.
• Excellent news judgment and ability to lead coverage during breaking and developing news.
• Strong story-editing, writing and headline-writing skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and drive CNBC’s weekend editorial coverage from Thursday through Sunday.
• Identify and execute coverage of the most important stories, angles and developments as news breaks.
• Curate and manage CNBC’s new homepage, making real-time decisions about story placement, prioritization and presentation to build visually compelling coverage.
• Edit stories across topics including business, markets, technology, the economy and policy.
• Work with reporters to sharpen story angles, strengthen reporting and draw out the most consequential news.
• Help set coverage priorities and coordinate with editors, reporters and platform teams across CNBC.
• Balance breaking-news coverage with opportunities for smart analysis, explainers and enterprise reporting.
• Ensure stories are accurate, clear, timely and distinctive.
• Identify opportunities to extend major weekend stories across CNBC’s digital, television, video and social platforms.
• Maintain CNBC’s high standards for editorial judgment, writing and accuracy under deadline pressure.

Skills

Editing experience

News judgment

Story editing

Headline writing

Collaboration

Tools

CMS experience

Homepage publishing tools

Job description

CNBC is seeking a sharp, experienced Weekend Editor to lead weekend coverage Thursday through Sunday and manage CNBC’s revamped homepage. You will identify the biggest business, markets, technology and economic stories and shape coverage with reporters across the newsroom.

The role requires superb news judgment, strong editing and headline-writing skills, and the ability to coordinate with editors and platform teams under tight deadlines.