Editor - Grapevine/Colleyville/Southlake

About the Role

As an Editor for Community Impact, you can craft digital and print news editions that directly benefit the people around you. Our Editors guide reporters, ensure that our stories are formatted perfectly for digital and print, and partner with our Design team to ensure that what we produce is both beautiful and informative. As one of the primary contacts to the community, our Editors are highly respected, valued, and trusted both inside and outside of our organization.

Responsibilities

• Manage the entire editorial production process for the monthly newspaper edition.
• Ensure the production of timely daily digital content for the website and newsletter.
• Supervise, coach, and lead reporters to ensure work meets company standards within established deadlines.
• Provide recommendations and feedback to the General Manager and Managing Editor regarding hiring, firing, and discipline decisions related to Reporters, freelance writers, photographers, and interns, as applicable.
• Generate original story ideas and present them at internal planning meetings.
• Investigate, analyze, and interpret newsworthy events within the assigned community to produce and write original, engaging, and content-appropriate news stories and features.
• Lead ideas for graphics and sidebars for each story.
• Develop, maintain, and grow a network of news sources and community contacts.
• Oversee beat coverage as needed, including meetings of city councils, school boards, or other entities.
• Interview news sources in person (occasionally from the desk) and from a variety of perspectives to ensure accurate reporting.
• Commit to the highest level of accuracy and complete all writing within established deadlines.
• Adhere to Community Impact’s editorial stylebook and AP style guidelines.
• Represent the company in a professional manner at networking events and other external functions.
• Shoot photographs for stories as needed.
• Manage production of editorial content.
• Mentor, manage, and grow reporters.
• Hit monthly print and daily digital deadlines.
• Learn industry-specific software, including content management systems.
• Comply with other job-related instructions and perform any other duties the Managing Editor, General Manager, or any other supervisor(s) consider reasonably related to their primary job responsibilities.

Qualifications

• College degree—preferably in journalism—or related coursework.
• At least 2 years of full-time experience with print or digital publication(s), or equivalent experience.
• Experience in interviewing, writing, editing, overseeing other writers, and managing a publication’s production.
• Ability to pass the company's writing and copy editing tests.
• First-rate reporting, writing, and editing skills.
• Proficiency writing and editing both hard news and features.
• Expert knowledge of AP Style.
• Excellent news judgment and ability to generate story ideas.
• Must have access to reliable transportation.

Pay

$58,000 - $68,000 Annually based on experience.

Benefits

• Mileage Reimbursement: $190 monthly stipend for gas, mileage, and tolls.
• Paid Time Off: 112 hours annually.
• Paid Holidays: 10 per year, plus an additional paid day off for your birthday.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision.
• Additional Coverage: Supplemental insurance options, including Accident and Critical Illness, Short and Long-term Disability, Pet Insurance.
• Career Growth: Opportunities for advancement and development.