Senior Editor (Supervisory)
About The Position
The Atlantic is hiring a senior editor to join the newsroom’s Science, Health, and Technology team. This editor will oversee staff writers and work closely with the team’s other editors to produce stories that lead the national conversation in relevant fields. The editor, who can specialize in areas of either science and health or technology, will be instrumental in shaping The Atlantic’s coverage of issues such as AI, online extremism, attacks on knowledge, diseases and vaccination, the president’s health agenda, and climate change. This is a position for a journalist of exceptional vision and judgment. The ideal candidate will be adept at managing ambitious reporters and capable of nurturing groundbreaking stories from idea to publication. This person should be comfortable operating at all altitudes in the editorial process, from polishing an argumentative essay on recent news to guiding a writer through all stages of a major feature. Editors with expertise in particular domains of science, health, and technology, as well as generalists with experience in all fields, are both welcome to apply. This position will at times include night, early-morning, and weekend work.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience editing and managing writers, with a demonstrated ability to define the conversation around issues of national importance in science, health, and/or technology
- A magazine sensibility, with superlative narrative skills and a passion for ideas-based journalism
- An eagerness to collaborate on a tight-knit team
- A stellar work ethic and a hunger to be in the mix on urgent and consequential stories
Responsibilities
- Oversee staff writers
- Work closely with the team’s other editors to produce stories that lead the national conversation in relevant fields
- Instrumental in shaping The Atlantic’s coverage of issues such as AI, online extremism, attacks on knowledge, diseases and vaccination, the president’s health agenda, and climate change
- Managing ambitious reporters
- Nurturing groundbreaking stories from idea to publication
- Polishing an argumentative essay on recent news
- Guiding a writer through all stages of a major feature
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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