Senior Staff Editor (Temporary)
Core
Senior staff editor for Washington news covering the White House, Congress, military, intelligence, and policy.
Role type
Senior Staff Editor (Newsroom)
Builds
Daily news, enterprise stories, breaking news coverage, and live blogs for The New York Times.
Domain
Journalism, US Politics, Government
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Editing and writing, journalistic style mastery, news judgment, breaking news workflow, live coverage management, story assignment, wire and social media monitoring, cross-platform collaboration
Preferred skills
Times style and standards knowledge, live blog management experience, Washington politics and policy expertise, flexibility
Technologies
Wires, social media platforms, live blog systems
Responsibilities
Edit a wide range of material for accuracy, grammar, style, and readability; provide first and second edits for stories; manage coverage of breaking news and coordinate deployment; assign stories to reporters; monitor news developments from wires and social media; manage the Washington live blog as needed.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
