Weekend News Editor — Lead Weekend Business & Tech Coverage

Versant Media, LLC; Englewood Cliffs (NJ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k)

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Discounts and perks

Free shuttle to NYC locations

Job summary

CNBC is seeking a Weekend Editor to lead coverage Thursday through Sunday, shaping fast, authoritative weekend stories across business, markets, technology and the economy. You will edit, curate, and coordinate with reporters to deliver distinctive journalism while maintaining CNBC’s high standards under tight deadlines.

The role requires strong news judgment, extensive editing experience, and the ability to collaborate with a rotating newsroom team in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of editing experience in a fast-paced digital or broadcast newsroom.
• Excellent news judgment and a demonstrated ability to lead coverage during breaking and developing news situations.
• Strong story-editing, writing and headline-writing skills.
• Broad knowledge of business, markets, technology, the economy and policy.
• Proven ability to develop compelling story angles and help reporters produce distinctive journalism.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities, work calmly under deadline pressure and make clear editorial decisions.
• Availability to work a Thursday through Sunday schedule.

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 business, markets, technology, the economy and policy.
• Work with reporters to sharpen story angles, strengthen reporting and draw out the most consequential news from interviews, events and developing situations.
• 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

News judgment

Story editing

Writing

Headlines

Collaboration

Deadline pressure

Thu-Sun availability

Tools

CMS

Homepage publishing tools

Analytics tools

Job description

CNBC is seeking a Weekend Editor to lead coverage Thursday through Sunday, shaping fast, authoritative weekend stories across business, markets, technology and the economy. You will edit, curate, and coordinate with reporters to deliver distinctive journalism while maintaining CNBC’s high standards under tight deadlines.

The role requires strong news judgment, extensive editing experience, and the ability to collaborate with a rotating newsroom team in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.