Senior Editor, White House

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Intro to Position

NPRs Washington Desk produces sophisticated yet accessible coverage of the White House Congress the Supreme Court and Department of Justice as well as electoral politics. Our focus is on the nexus of policy politics and culture. We draw connections between the places political leaders come from the people they represent and the policies they embrace. We consider the role of cultural and demographic change as we aim to illuminate governance and politics. Fact-checking and explanatory journalism are vital to our mission as well as breaking news and ideas with clarity and context. Known for our work ethic the Washington Desk aspires to great storytelling both on air and online. Our coverage is featured on Morning Edition All Things Considered the NPR Politics Podcast and UpFirst.

This full-time White House Senior Editor will direct NPRs news and enterprise coverage of the White House and contribute to projects across the desk. The editor should bring energy and sophistication to our White House coverage thinking expansively about content and the best ways to deliver it. The job requires attention to legislative detail big picture thinking and concern about craft. The editor must have excellent news judgment; the ability to coach reporters on breaking news source development and rich storytelling; and the ability to work collaboratively with editors across the network. The editor should have experience and a passion for covering political and policy news.

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Responsibilities

• Plan news and enterprise coverage of the President the presidency and the administration for all platforms;
• Coordinate coverage plan with shows and other desks;
• Generate story ideas and review story pitches help develop storytelling approaches and sources and determine the best platform for news coverage including making suggestions for interviews and establishing contacts;
• Assign develop and edit original stories from other NPR staff;
• Protect the editorial integrity and quality of news online and on the air ensuring that all stories meet NPR program standards and practices including standards of fairness objectivity and balance;
• Provide feedback to supervisors to help inform team performance evaluations

The above duties and responsibilities are not an exhaustive list of required responsibilities duties and skills. Other duties may be assigned and this job description can be modified at any time.

Minimum Qualifications

• At least 10 years of White House and/or political reporting and/or editing experience
• Strong oral and written communication skills;
• Experience in editorial decision-making including assigning reporters/correspondents;
• Ability to handle multiple and complex projects simultaneously under stringent timeframes and changing priorities/conditions;
• Ability to work quickly and efficiently under deadline pressure;
• Ability and willingness to work varied shifts;
• Demonstrated team collaboration and leadership skills;
• Knowledge of audio production;
• Experience in Digital Media including editing copy.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience editing for radio
• Familiarity with content management systems and collaboration tools such as Google Docs Slack etc.
• Familiarity with NPR member stations and public media system
• Expertise in writing with excellence in news writing copy-editing and headline writing.
• Demonstrated ability to generate and execute complex creative ideas to assimilate and organize large amounts of information

Education Requirements

• Education: Bachelors degree from an accredited four-year college or university or equivalent required.

Work Location & Requirements

• On-site: This is an on-site role based in Washington DC .

Job Type

• This is a full time exempt position.

Compensation

Salary Range: The U.S. based anticipated salary range for this opportunity is $140000-$160000 annually plus benefits. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salaries NPR expects to provide for new hires for the position across all US locations.

Benefits: NPR offers access to comprehensive benefits for employees and dependents. Regular full-time employees scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week are eligible to enroll in NPRs benefits options. Benefits include access to health and wellness paid time off and financial well-being. Plan options include medical dental vision life/ accidental death and dismemberment long-term disability short-term disability and voluntary retirement savings to all eligible NPR employees.

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