Manager, News Editor

Tarentum, PA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 21 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

TribLives fast-growing Pittsburgh newsroom is looking for a dynamic highly organized News Editor who thrives on breaking news understands how stories live across platforms and knows how to lead reporters in a fast-paced environment.

This role is perfect for an experienced editor who can think quickly edit decisively and keep multiple plates spinning at once while maintaining the highest standards of accuracy fairness and ethical journalism.

What Youll Do

As a News Editor youll play a central role in daily and breaking news coverage for the city of Pittsburgh:

Serve as an editor during assigned shifts monitoring breaking news updating the website supervising reporters and coordinating with photo and multimedia teams to ensure timely compelling coverage.
Monitor news wires social media and competing outlets throughout to ensure our coverage is current comprehensive and competitive.
Handle breaking news with urgency and precision writing rewriting or aggregating stories quickly while maintaining accuracy and context.
Manage and communicate with reporters to coordinate coverage adjust assignments as news evolves and ensure deadlines are met.
Collaborate closely with photographers the copy desk and multimedia teams to make sure stories are visually strong and optimized for digital print and video platforms.
Post and package stories for digital platforms ensuring proper formatting tagging SEO best practices and social-media readiness.
Uphold editorial standards for accuracy fairness tone and ethical journalism across all content.

What Were Looking For

Proven experience editing news in a fast-paced newsroom.
Strong news judgment and the ability to make smart decisions under deadline pressure.
Comfort working across platformsdigital print video and social.
Experience managing reporters and coordinating coverage.
A solid understanding of breaking news workflows and aggregation.
Familiarity with SEO digital publishing tools and audience-focused storytelling.
Knowledge of Pittsburgh and its communities is a strong plus.

Why Join Us

Be part of a growing newsroom covering one of Americas most dynamic cities.
Play a key role in shaping daily and breaking news coverage.
Work alongside talented journalists photographers and multimedia producers.

If youre a newsroom leader who loves the adrenaline of breaking news understands how journalism works across platforms and can keep a team moving under pressure wed love to hear from you.

Interested candidates should apply at A cover letter and at least three samples of your work are required. If you have questions about this position email Luis Fabregas Executive Editor at

Trib Total Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages all qualified candidates to apply.

Required Experience:

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DescriptionTribLives fast-growing Pittsburgh newsroom is looking for a dynamic highly organized News Editor who thrives on breaking news understands how stories live across platforms and knows how to lead reporters in a fast-paced environment.This role is perfect for an experienced editor who can th...