Managing Editor

Nexstar Media Group, Inc. • Mount Pleasant, SC

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Managing Editor is the newsroom’s operational and editorial quarterback—translating strategy into daily execution while elevating story quality and managing real-time coverage. This role is crucial for leading daily editorial direction, overseeing the assignment desk and content flow, driving story quality and execution, and providing leadership during breaking news situations. The Managing Editor also ensures cross-platform content strategy alignment, supervises and develops staff, maintains editorial standards and ethics, and engages in long-term and enterprise planning.

Requirements

• Experience in a newsroom leadership role.
• Strong understanding of journalistic standards and ethics.
• Ability to manage and develop staff.
• Proficiency in coordinating cross-platform content strategies (TV, digital, social).
• Experience in breaking news leadership and decision-making.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience reporting or producing.
• Familiarity with newsroom software and technology.

Responsibilities

• Lead Daily Editorial Direction: Help set the editorial agenda for the day, participate in editorial meetings, decide which stories get covered, prioritized, and developed, and ensure coverage aligns with station brand, community relevance, ratings, and digital strategy.
• Oversee Assignment Desk & Content Flow: Directly supervise or closely coordinate with the assignment desk, manage crews and reporter deployment, breaking news response logistics, and ensure efficient use of newsroom resources.
• Drive Story Quality & Execution: Work with reporters and producers to sharpen story angles, elevate storytelling (exclusivity, enterprise), enforce accuracy and journalistic standards, and review scripts, rundowns, and coverage plans.
• Breaking News Leadership: Take charge during major breaking news, make fast decisions on coverage scale, live coverage vs. packaged, team deployment and priorities, and coordinate across platforms (TV, web, social).
• Cross-Platform Content Strategy: Ensure alignment between broadcast, digital, and social platforms, push for real-time updates and web-first publishing when needed, and maintain consistent messaging across platforms.
• Supervise and Develop Staff: Coach reporters, MMJs, producers, and assignment editors, provide feedback on writing, storytelling, and news judgment, and help identify growth opportunities and training needs.
• Maintain Editorial Standards & Ethics: Enforce accuracy, fairness, legal guidelines, review sensitive or high-risk content before airing/publishing, and ensure compliance with company policies.
• Long-Term & Enterprise Planning: Look beyond the daily cycle to plan sweeps coverage, identify investigative or enterprise opportunities, and coordinate special projects.

Benefits

• Consideration for employment without regard to disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed