Deputy Editor, Breaking News and Live
About The Position
The San Francisco Chronicle seeks an editor to help expand real-time news coverage and oversee its live news operation. The role has two central responsibilities: monitoring, assigning and editing daily breaking news, and helping expand and improve live coverage. The editor will determine what matters, how quickly the newsroom should respond and how best to serve readers as stories develop. Under senior leadership, they will help build a stronger, more consistent live-journalism operation, including live blogs, rolling updates, real-time explainers, event coverage, alerts and other emerging formats. The position calls for an interest in using artificial intelligence tools and automated systems to support breaking-news discovery and content delivery. It reports to the Breaking News Editor and works closely with the audience team on live coverage. This is a full-time position based in San Francisco, with a rotating schedule that may include nights, weekends and holidays. The reasonable estimated compensation range for the role in California is $80,000 to $100,000. Starting salary will depend on permissible, non-discriminatory factors including skills and experience, training, certifications and education. The San Francisco Chronicle is the largest newspaper in Northern California and the second largest on the West Coast. Founded in 1865, it was acquired by Hearst Corporation in 2000 and has received six Pulitzer Prizes. Hearst Newspapers has 2,500 employees and includes 28 daily and 50 weekly publications, digital news and lifestyle sites, marketing services businesses and entertainment brands. The company describes investment in new storytelling approaches, newsroom growth, diverse tools and evolving platforms.
Requirements
- At least two years of experience at a daily newspaper, magazine or web publication, or equivalent experience as a reporter and/or editor.
- Strong news judgment and an instinct for what matters to Bay Area readers.
- Experience with live blogs, rolling coverage, real-time updates or another form of continuous digital journalism.
- Excellent editing, headline-writing and digital-production skills.
- Understanding of how to use real-time data and audience signals to inform editorial decisions.
Responsibilities
- Monitor for, assign and edit stories about breaking news and emerging developments.
- Launch and edit live blogs and other rolling coverage.
- Help develop an evolving editorial approach to live journalism.
- Increase the volume and range of live journalism by identifying opportunities across breaking news, elections, severe weather, major public events, sports and other high-interest moments.
- Use audience data to evaluate live coverage and improve its format, cadence, reach and usefulness.
- Help test live storytelling formats, tools and workflows across web, app, alerts, newsletters and social platforms.
- Participate in an editing rotation that may include nights, weekends and holidays.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
