Managing Editor at Good Good Good & Goodnewspaper

Good Good Good

8d•$70,000 - $76,000•Remote

About The Position

Good Good Good is an independent media company focused on sharing hopeful and impactful good news through its website, social media, and a monthly print newspaper called the Goodnewspaper. They aim to cover positive developments without resorting to toxic positivity, highlighting progress and solutions. Despite a large audience reach, the company maintains a small, startup-like team environment where employees have the opportunity to make a significant impact and shape the company's future. Good Good Good is bootstrapped, with revenue generated from readers and subscribers, emphasizing a commitment to impact, trust, and sustainable growth.

Requirements

5+ years of journalism experience, including writing, editing, and managing news content across digital and/or print.
Experience managing other journalists or editors.
Strong writing and editing skills, with a sharp eye for clarity, accuracy, and tone.
Organizational skills to juggle multiple deadlines, workflows, and contributors.
Comfort using data (traffic analytics, SEO metrics) to inform editorial decisions.
Familiarity with print production.
A clear editorial POV paired with pragmatism.
Interest in building systems and processes that make a small team more effective.
Comfort covering social issues, human rights, climate, and politics with nuance and care.
A curatorial sensibility.
The ability to explain complex subjects to a general audience.

Nice To Haves

Experience with mission-driven or solutions-oriented reporting.
Relationships with syndication platforms and partners.
Experience growing digital traffic and revenue.

Responsibilities

Lead content strategy across the website and the Goodnewspaper, including a clear editorial POV and an ongoing pipeline of story ideas.
Write original stories for the website and the Goodnewspaper, and edit work from other team members and contributors.
Oversee republishing aligned articles from partner publications.
Write headlines that are clear and specific.
Ensure all published content meets standards for accuracy, tone, voice, and formatting.
Produce each monthly issue of the Goodnewspaper, from brainstorming through final export for printing.
Plan and communicate the schedule for each newspaper edition, including deadlines for writing, editing, illustrations, and printing.
Coordinate with writers, designers, interview subjects, and contributors to deliver each issue on schedule and at the expected quality.
Manage, coach, and develop at least one direct report, with more hires expected within the first year.
Build repeatable editorial processes to enable team growth while maintaining high reporting standards.
Use traffic analytics, revenue data, and engagement metrics to inform editorial decisions and pragmatically build a content strategy.
Grow website traffic and revenue.

Benefits

20 days of PTO a year
13 paid holidays (including birthday, New Year’s Day, MLK Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, 4th of July, Labor Day, Election Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, the day after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day)
A 25% workload week between Christmas and New Year’s
10 paid sick days a year
Health insurance (QSEHRA) with maximum employer contribution allowed by law for premiums and medical expenses for employee and family
401(k) with a safe harbor employer match (100% on the first 3% and 50% on the next 2%, fully vested from day one)
12 weeks of fully paid parental leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement
$750 a year for learning and development
A company MacBook and job-critical software
Profit share program