Augusta Editor

About the role

Founding Editor at Capital B Augusta, a local newsroom launching in Augusta, Georgia. Reporting to the Executive Editor.

What You'll Do

• Build Capital B Augusta's editorial operation from the ground up.
• Launch and lead our newsletter.
• Report, assign and edit journalism that helps residents navigate civic life.
• Establish editorial workflows, coverage priorities and newsroom routines.
• Create recurring newsletter features readers come to rely on.
• Build short-form video that explains local news, showcases reporting and helps grow Capital B Augusta's audience across social platforms.
• Lead a team of part-time community ambassadors to ensure community questions shape coverage.
• Partner with Capital B's audience, product and design teams to grow the newsletter.
• Use audience data, experimentation and community feedback to improve our journalism and increase engagement.
• Help develop responsible AI workflows that make local journalism more useful, accessible and transparent.
• Build editorial systems that can grow as the newsroom expands.

What You'll Bring

• A deep understanding of Augusta and the issues affecting Black communities there.
• At least five years of reporting and editing experience.
• Strong news judgment and excellent editing skills.
• Experience with newsletters or audience-focused journalism.
• Experience creating compelling social video or a willingness and enthusiasm to become comfortable on camera.
• An entrepreneurial mindset and excitement about building something new.
• Comfort making thoughtful decisions when there isn't already a playbook.
• A commitment to community-informed journalism.
• A habit of using audience data, experimentation and community feedback to make editorial decisions.
• The ability to collaborate across editorial, audience and business teams.

What Success Looks Like

• Launch a newsletter that becomes an indispensable part of how Black Augustans understand what's happening in their city and what to do next.
• Build trust throughout the community, grow a loyal audience, establish systems that can scale, and help demonstrate a new model for sustainable, community-centered local journalism.

What We'll Bring

• Four weeks of paid time off plus company holidays.
• 20 weeks of parental leave.
• 12 weeks of caregiver leave.
• 401(k).
• Medical, dental and vision insurance.
• Life insurance.
• Health and dependent care flexible spending plans.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Professional development fund.
• Monthly phone and internet stipend.
• Home office setup stipend.