Nation Enterprise Editor – USA TODAY
About The Position
USA TODAY is seeking an ambitious and highly skilled Nation Enterprise Editor to help elevate our journalism and guide a team of reporters producing urgent, high-impact reporting on major national issues. This editor will play a central role in shaping this enterprise coverage and ensuring that our journalism is authoritative, distinctive and engaging for USA TODAY’s audience. This position reports directly to the Managing Editor/Nation and works closely with newsroom leaders across USA TODAY and the USA TODAY Network. What We’re Looking For A dynamic newsroom leader passionate about national storytelling. A mentor who can inspire, develop, and challenge reporters. A strategic thinker who can balance quick-turn enterprise with deeper dives. A creative editor who embraces new storytelling formats and audience-first thinking. A team player who thrives in a collaborative, innovative newsroom environment. Job Purpose The Nation Enterprise Editor will lead and mentor a team of national correspondents and enterprise reporters, helping them generate exceptional ideas and sharp story framing for USA TODAY’s distinct national audience. This editor will foster a culture of speed and urgency on major national news while championing the team’s storytelling across platforms and formats—text, visuals, video, graphics, and emerging forms. The ideal candidate is collaborative, decisive, and innovative, with a strong understanding of how to develop distinct story angles. The editor must be adept at helping shape stories into lively, compelling narratives that capture audience interest. This role requires superb news judgment and an ability to move quickly during major breaking news to produce meaningful enterprise off those events. This USA TODAY newsroom position is remote, based anywhere in the United States excluding Hawaii and Alaska, and reports to the Managing Editor/Nation. We look forward to learning more about your experience and vision for national enterprise journalism at USA TODAY.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in communications, journalism, marketing or related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- At least 5 years of newsroom experience as an editor or newsroom leader, with demonstrated success bringing distinctive coverage to a major newsroom.
- Exceptional news judgment and the ability to help develop and strengthen strong, interesting story ideas in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong editing skills and a proven ability to guide story structure, angles and presentation.
- Experience collaborating with visuals, audience and digital teams.
- Strong command of grammar, style and digital storytelling techniques.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills and a collaborative mindset. Ability to work quickly, calmly in fast-moving news cycles.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach and mentor a team of national correspondents producing high-quality enterprise stories on the major national issues impacting the U.S.
- Foster a culture of urgency in order for the team’s journalism to resonate with USA TODAY’s readers – when they care most about the issue.
- Demonstrate solid news judgment with the ability to sharpen story angles based on what strikes a chord with USA TODAY’s audience.
- Provide strong story editing, helping shape compelling narratives. Help craft lively, engaging headlines.
- Respond rapidly to breaking news and to the issues dominating the national conversation and guide follow-up enterprise that offers depth, context and originality.
- Collaborate closely with newsroom teams and across the USA TODAY Network, encouraging a collegial, creative, and solutions-focused approach.
- Identify multiple ways to tell stories across formats—text, video, graphics, data visualizations, and emerging tools.
- Ensure the team’s journalism meets USA TODAY’s high standards for accuracy, ethics, and audience relevance.
- Bring a zeal for innovation and experimentation.
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
