Part-Time Editor

About the role

The New York Post provides readers with the best in News, Sports, Pop Culture, Fashion and Entertainment – with signature wit, irreverence and authority averaging 90 million unique viewers a month. Over the past 225 years, The Post has evolved into a multi-platform media company spanning print, digital, video, audio, app, television and commerce. The NY Post is looking for an experienced editor for a part-time role (16‑24 hours per week) with the Sunday staff.

Responsibilities

• Act as line and assignment editor for the Sunday staff.
• Exercise fine attention to detail and critical thinking.
• Aggressively transform breaking copy on deadline to match The Post’s unique tabloid voice.
• Mine, assign, and edit an array of stories — impactful, quirky, scandalous, etc. — on immediate deadline for the website and Sunday print edition.
• Provide clear direction to award‑winning field reporters and in‑office journalists.
• Handle anything from a breaking brief to a sprawling news feature across a wide range of subjects.
• Contribute to brainstorming world‑famous Page 1 headlines.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher.
• Minimum of 5 years of editing experience in a busy newsroom.
• Comfortable editing/re‑writing both breaking news and long‑form stories in lively tabloid prose for web and print.

Skills

• Keen understanding of the Post’s voice.
• Knack for finding stories readers crave.
• Critical eye for facts and tone.
• Broad knowledge base.