Local News Editor Sarasota Tribune

The Sarasota HeraldTribune seeks an onsite dynamic and digitally focused Local News Editor to lead and supervise a highperforming local news team in one of Floridas most engaged and fastgrowing directly to the Executive Editor this role serves as the daytoday leader of the newsroom overseeing daily coverage guiding enterprise reporting and visual storytelling and ensuring our journalism is accurate fair ethical and impactful across digital and print platforms. This editor understands how to use audience metrics and performance data to inform smarter coverage decisions while keeping journalistic values at the center of the ideal candidate is a confident newsroom leader who inspires reporters exercises sharp editorial judgment and understands how strong journalism and smart audience strategy work together. A great editor knows how to get things done managing breaking news coaching reporters resolving conflict and maintaining high standards under deadline SarasotaSarasota is one of Floridas fastestgrowing and most complex communities offering a rich mix of local government accountability growth and development environmental challenges arts and culture tourism a robust dining scene and deeply engaged readers. From City Hall and public safety to education housing and qualityoflife issues Sarasota provides daily opportunities for impactful watchdog journalism and enterprise reporting that truly matters to the community. The Sarasota HeraldTribune plays a central role in civic life here and this editor will help lead coverage in a market where strong local journalism is both expected and ResponsibilitiesEditorial LeadershipProvide strong editorial leadership and recommendations for daily coverage and breaking news working in close partnership with the Executive stories and provide expert headline writing and SEO optimization for breaking news and enterprise and maintain daily and weekly coverage plans with urgency clarity and all coverage meets the highest standards for accuracy fairness ethics and transparencyEditing & CoachingEdit stories for accuracy clarity tone and narrative stories and manage workflows for reporters photographers and and coach reporters to produce compelling highquality journalism across text video and visual storytelling a collaborative accountable and healthy newsroom SEO & Audience StrategyWrite refine and coach reporters on engaging SEOoptimized headlines and story presentations emphasizing both strong copy and visuals with each story expected to include a video and photo audience analytics and performance data (e.g. CrowdTangle) to inform coverage decisions and drive breaking news enterprise reporting and service journalism to maximize reach impact and closely with local regional and national USA TODAY Network teams to share content and elevate with visuals audience and product teams to ensure stories are told in the most effective emerging tools including AI and social platforms to reach new and existing audiences experimentation and new storytelling approaches while maintaining strong journalistic 35 years of newsroom experience as an editor or senior ability to lead coverage and make sound editorial decisions in highpressure breakingnews command of AP style grammar and journalism news judgment leadership and coaching expertise in SEO best practices headline optimization and audiencefirst with CMS platforms social media and audience analytics tools (e.g. CrowdTangle).Experience using AI and emerging tools responsibly to support reporting editing audience insight and newsroom workflows while upholding journalistic degree in journalism communications or equivalent professional to work flexible hours including nights weekends and operating in a fastpaced evolving newsroom ConditionsThis role may be partially remote but regular onsite newsroom leadership is during evenings weekends and holidays is required to manage breaking environment requiring quick decisionmaking clear communication and calm Instructions:We are eager to learn more about you and how you fit this role. When you apply dont limit your upload to a resume; show us what youve done. To do so put together a single document file that includes the following in this order:Your resume one to two pages.A cover letter that outlines how you would approach the to 3-6 online samples of your work. Show us what youve produced or had a hand in that best reflects what you can do in your desired is important that these items be assembled into a single document and uploaded in PDF format. Completing these steps will ensure that your application receives the highest consideration.#Newsgnt#LI-CB1