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Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive experience in editing and producing high-quality audio and digital news content, with a strong emphasis on journalistic integrity, fact-checking, and collaboration. Proven ability to manage breaking news coverage and provide constructive feedback to journalists while maintaining editorial standards.
Highest-signal resume keywords
5+ Years Journalism ExperienceEditing Regional/National NewsBreaking News EditingAudio/Digital ProductionCollaborative Partnerships
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Hard Skills
EditingFact-CheckingNews WritingLine EditingAudio StructuringInvestigative JournalismFeature JournalismEnterprise JournalismDigital News WritingEditorial Ethics
Soft Skills
Empathetic FeedbackPrioritizationCalm Decision-MakingCollaborationCoaching
Tools & Technologies
Digital Content Management SystemsAudio Editing ToolsSlackAirTable
Certifications & Qualifications
Bachelor's Degree in JournalismCommunications Degree
Industry Keywords
NPR StandardsMultiplatform CoverageRegional News CyclesCultural TrendsPolitical TrendsSystemic TrendsFreelancer AgreementsNewsroom Workflows
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Communicate and collaborate daily with journalists, news directors, and editors across Northeast regional hubs and Member stations
- Identify, develop, and coordinate coverage with national resonance
- Edit, fact-check, and supervise multiplatform audio, digital, and broadcast material
- Ensure work meets NPR’s standards for fairness, accuracy, and technical quality
- Coordinate rapid-response breaking news coverage from the Northeast
- Direct station updates and dispatches for national shows, digital platforms, and hourly newscasts
- Communicate with Morning Edition, All Things Considered, Here & Now, podcasts, and the digital news desk about story length, angles, framing, and scheduling
- Track regional news cycles and maintain forward-looking editorial calendars
- Identify emerging cultural, political, and systemic trends across the Northeast
- Conduct workshops, coaching sessions, and feedback discussions for Regional Hubs
- Champion story ideas reflecting the demographic and geographical diversity of the Northeast
- Coordinate freelancer agreements, story commissions, and reporter filing payments
- Partner with regional editors and Network Desk leadership to improve communication pipelines and newsroom workflows
Requirements
What you’ll need- 5+ years of professional journalism experience at a reputable news organization
- 3+ years of experience editing regional or national daily news coverage across audio and digital platforms
- Demonstrated track record editing breaking news under tight deadlines with precision and journalistic integrity
- Proven experience editing enterprise, investigative, or feature journalism from pitch to final audio/digital production
- Sound journalistic judgment rooted in rigorous fact-checking, balance, fairness, and editorial ethics
- Track record of building collaborative partnerships with decentralized reporters, freelancers, or station partners
- Experience editing for both audio broadcast/podcasting and digital news writing
- Willingness to travel up to 10% of the time
- Exceptional news-writing, line-editing, and sound-rich audio structuring skills
- Ability to provide constructive, empathetic, and clear feedback to journalists of varied experience levels
- Ability to prioritize multiple assignments and navigate breaking news calmly and decisively
- Comfort with modern digital content management systems, audio editing tools, Slack, and AirTable
- Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, or a related field, or equivalent relevant work experience
- Must work at a designated remote location within ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, or DC
- Bilingual or multilingual fluency relevant to regional coverage areas is preferred
Benefits
Comp & perks- Comprehensive benefits for employees and dependents
- Health and wellness benefits
- Paid time off
- Financial well-being benefits
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Long-term disability insurance
- Short-term disability insurance
- Voluntary retirement savings
- Equal opportunity workplace