Night/Weekend Editor

Responsibilities

• Direct breaking and exclusive news coverage with a focus on speed, accuracy, and digital impact.
• Assign and edit coverage for all platforms, prioritizing mobile, web, and social distribution.
• Affiliate with sports with editing stories during peak times during their shift and over the weekend as warranted.
• Execute tactics to grow subscriptions through storytelling, topics and headlines.
• Collaborate with visual editors, reporters and producers to create compelling video content for social platforms (TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube) and courier-journal.com.
• Develop and execute strategies for real-time sourcing and verification using social media, public agencies and community sources.
• Monitor social platforms for breaking news, trending topics, and user-generated content; verify and incorporate multimedia from public and official sources.
• Mentor reporters and producers in digital news gathering, compelling narratives, and diverse sources.
• Collaborate across the newsroom and USA TODAY Network to enhance story forms and audience reach.
• Be a team player who likes to collaborate with colleagues.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in journalism, media production, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Two or more years of newsroom editing experience, with a track record in digital and breaking news coverage.
• Expertise in digital-first news gathering, video production, and social media sourcing.
• Strong news judgment, editing skills, and command of journalism ethics.
• Proficiency with analytics, audience funnel strategies, and digital content optimization.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams in a fast-paced, multi-platform environment.
• A history of successful leadership, collaboration, innovation, and goal achievement.
• Ability to work well on deadline.
• Excellent communication and time-management skills.
• Approachability, comfort with public speaking, and commitment to staff.