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The Senior Editor, Editorial Review role is part of a critically important team at NPR committed to providing additional editing support to our journalism and our journalists; to ensure that NPR maintains and solidifies its status as a trusted source of news and information for the American public.
As part of a team, the Senior Editor will review journalistic work from across the Content Division as a final look before air or publication. The focus is on ensuring excellence, fairness, accuracy and consistency of individual work and work across platforms, recognizing that formats, story selection and story-telling techniques for different platforms will and should vary, in service of specific audiences.
The ideal candidate is an experienced journalist and editor with wide-ranging editorial experience, including expertise across different platforms and subject matter. They must be deeply curious, open-minded and flexible; be skilled at editing in a large, complex media organization where the topics and journalists vary greatly and where the deadlines and volume of content can be intense.
We will be hiring two editors to cover weekend shifts. The shifts are (Friday - Tuesday 7am - 4pm) or (Wednesday and Thursday 7am - 4p and Friday - Sunday 1:30p - 10:30p), although some flexibility is required for breaking news.
This role is an on-site role based in Washington, DC. The editor will be required to work onsite at a frequency set by their manager. There will be some flexibility to work remotely on occasion with manager approval.
This is a union-represented role covered under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement with SAG-AFTRA.
This is an NPR editorial role covered under the terms of the NPR Ethics Handbook. All editorial staff are bound by this guidance. Editorial staff are defined as staff members who play a role in shaping the journalistic or creative direction of NPR's content, including events.
The above duties and responsibilities are not an exhaustive list of required responsibilities, duties and skills. Other duties may be assigned, and this job description can be modified at any time.
Salary Range: The U.S. based anticipated salary range for this opportunity is $130,000-147,000 plus benefits. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salaries NPR expects to provide for new hires for the position across all US locations.
NPR Benefits: NPR offers access to comprehensive benefits for employees and dependents. Regular, full-time employees scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week are eligible to enroll in NPR’s benefits options. Benefits include access to health and wellness, paid time off, and financial well-being. Plan options include medical, dental, vision, life/ accidental death and dismemberment, long-term disability, short-term disability, and voluntary retirement savings to all eligible NPR employees.
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$130,000 — $147,000 USD