Senior News Editor, Current Events, PEOPLE
Core
Coordinate PEOPLE's personality-focused national affairs coverage and lead digital coverage for the Current Events vertical, managing daily news to breaking situations.
Role type
Senior News Editor (Current Events)
Builds
Digital news coverage, stories, and content for PEOPLE magazine's Current Events vertical
Domain
Media / Journalism / National Affairs
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
News judgment, story mining, line editing, headline writing, SEO, analytics, digital landscape fluency, management
Preferred skills
Breaking news response, prioritization, ideation for breakout posts
Technologies
SEO tools, analytics platforms
Responsibilities
Finding, overseeing, assigning, and editing a large volume of stories daily; Strategizing coverage and making assignments based on editorial calendar and data; Overseeing digital footprint on large-scale event coverage; Writing and headline creation as needed
