AM Editor

Chicago Public Media•Chicago, IL

30d•$90,168 - $100,000•Onsite

About The Position

Chicago Public Media is seeking an AM Editor to lead its daily news coverage across broadcast, digital, podcasts, and print. This role involves working with anchors, producers, reporters, and editors to set the day's coverage tone, plan assignments, conceptualize stories, and organize reporting efforts. The AM Editor will collaborate with their PM counterpart to ensure consistent coverage for the audience. This is a full-time, permanent position focused on the Newscasts and News Magazines Desk, requiring planning assignments, writing newscast stories, and cross-team collaboration. Employees may work across all platforms.

Requirements

4+ years of experience as an Editor with strong news judgment
Outstanding news judgment and experience leading journalists to produce work of tremendous distinction and community impact.
Demonstrated passion for leading creative daily news coverage.
Ability to conceptualize and edit news stories for content, accuracy, pacing, ideas, narrative and voice.
Strong writing skills.
Fluency and enthusiasm for multiplatform journalism.
Deep commitment to the highest standards of journalistic ethics and the mission of public media.
Ability to articulate your own ideas precisely and concisely – and to cultivate the strong ideas that come from other producers, editors, and reporters.
Strong relationship builder and naturally collaborative leader.
Knowledge of the Chicago region’s rich diversity of stories, sectors and communities is very helpful.

Responsibilities

Collaborates with the editorial team to guide editorial coverage.
Works with the morning anchor and producer to have the most up-to-date news on the air.
Directs the work of reporters and producers, and works with the editorial team, to plan and lead execution of daily stories for web and audio, and initiatives across platforms.
Edits audio and occasional text stories, including digital stories for WBEZ and the Sun-Times.
Reports for audio, web and print (when necessary).
Reviews feature and project story pitches.
Develops and conducts editorial training.
Helps maintain audio and text standards across platforms.
Helps manage coverage priorities, including coverage plans for major breaking news events or major events.