Senior Editor, Vox

Vox is seeking an experienced editor to help oversee its distinctive coverage of policy in a changing America. This editor will lead a team of multiplatform journalists who explore and explain the world of policy and ideas for Voxs wide-ranging and curious audience in a variety of formats including text podcasts and video.

Voxs coverage is dedicated to original reporting and analysis on issues personalities and movements that help people truly understand whats at stake. We cover policy with a strong grounding in the news but an eye toward the future and delivering smart solutions.

Were looking for a dynamic creative team member who can help Vox grow and adapt in a fast-changing political news landscape and a pivotal moment in the national conversation. The editor should be eager to manage Voxs coverage with urgency and ambition. They should also be highly collaborative and excited to work across Voxs multimedia newsroom finding creative ways for journalists to contribute to Voxs signature podcast and video franchises as well as its growing portfolio of newsletters.

Were looking for a leader who closely tracks the news staying on top of major storylines and nimbly finding ways for Vox to offer distinctive coverage in a busy space. This editor should be able to find smart original ways into major storylines and guide reporters to uncovering fresh issues to bring to public attention. They should have a gift for finding points of intersection between American political currents and big-picture areas like technology religion and social policy.

The ideal candidate should have a clear track record of managing journalists to deliver sharp original angles that cut through the conversation publishing original pieces on crisp deadlines while also creating space for longer more ambitious articles that help shape the public conversation. This position will be based in Washington D.C. or New York and report to the executive editor.

This is a permanent full-time position. This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life.

This is a hybrid position based in the Washington D.C. or New York office and reports to the executive editor.

WHAT YOULL DO

• Manage and lead a team of 4-5 reporters to conceive assign and edit pieces rooted in reporting and research. These include both fast analysis off the news and longer-horizon features all driven by Voxs commitment to explanation solutions new ideas and improving peoples lives.
• Guide Voxs coverage of big policy topics with a clear hand and vision staying on top of the news to find fresh angles
• Collaborate closely with Voxs editorial director for politics as well as other Vox editors across multiple platforms to deliver a rich and compelling political report.
• Shape stories and broader coverage plans to ensure they are rigorous compelling and aligned with Voxs editorial strategy and audience goals. You should be able to spot when a piece needs a sharper argument a stronger evidence base or a fundamentally different frame. You should also be able to see how each beat fits into Voxs overall coverage and identify ways to collaborate prevent overlap and build on our strengths.
• Collaborate with other teams across the newsroom to help develop and sharpen your reporters stories in other platforms including audio video and social video.
• Work closely with colleagues in policy and politics the executive editor and the managing editor for audience and membership to ensure our editorial approach connects to Voxs broader strategy in the membership era.

WHAT YOULL BRING

• 5 years experience editing
• While experience with audio and video production is not necessary the candidate should have an understanding of the politics and policy podcast and video landscape
• Strong leadership management communication and editing skills
• Excellent news judgment and a demonstrated ability to bring analysis and sharp angles to news stories
• Analytical rigor. We want an editor with the ability to pressure-test arguments and take opposing ones seriously. We want an editor who can confidently edit pieces that explain ideas and/or stake out intellectual claims and who is eager to assign and edit pieces that embrace nuance and complicate narratives without sacrificing clarity.
• Passion for Voxs mission of serving the audience and making complex concepts accessible through explanatory journalism

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Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can show up as their authentic selves and create their best work. We recognize that great stories platforms products and services come from people with all manner of backgrounds and experiences. We recognize that our commitments require ongoing work and sustained attention as well as adaptation to new insights and best practices.

Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race color gender sexual orientation gender identity or expression religion disability national origin protected veteran status age or any other status protected by applicable national federal state or local law. Vox Media will also consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable Fair Chance laws. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations as part of the application process to candidates with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process please contact our recruiting team ().

WHAT COMES NEXT

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