PT 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 224 years, The Post has evolved into a multi-platform media company spanning print, digital, video, audio, app, television and commerce.

Responsibilities

• Line and assignment editor responsible for transforming breaking copy on deadline to sing in The Post's unique tabloid voice.
• Mine, assign, and edit an array of stories including impactful, quirky, scandalous, etc., for the website and Sunday print edition.
• Give clear direction to a team of award-winning field reporters and in-office journos.
• Broadly cover a range of subjects, from breaking briefs to sprawling news features.
• Collaborate with the team on world-famous Page 1 headlines.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• Minimum of 5 years of editing in a busy newsroom
• Comfortable editing/re-writing both breaking news and long-form stories in lively tabloid prose for web and print
• A keen understanding of the voice of the Post
• A knack for finding stories our readers crave
• A critical eye for facts and tone
• Broad knowledge base
• Willingness to collaborate and ability to communicate with a close-knit team of NYC’s best journalists

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher
• Minimum of 5 years of editing in a busy newsroom
• Comfortable editing/re-writing both breaking news and long-form stories in lively tabloid prose for web and print
• A keen understanding of the voice of the Post
• A knack for finding stories our readers crave
• A critical eye for facts and tone
• Broad knowledge base
• Willingness to collaborate and ability to communicate with a close-knit team of NYC’s best journalists

Skills

• Fine attention to detail
• Critical thinking skills
• Aggressive transformation of breaking copy
• Ability to give clear direction to a team
• Experience covering a range of subjects, from breaking briefs to sprawling news features
• Collaboration and communication skills

Benefits

• Hybrid work model
• 8-to-10-hour Saturday shift in the office
• Opportunity to work additional hours on Thursday and Friday

Pay

• Pay Range: $40/hr - $50/hr