Senior Editor
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Requirements: could be a list.
Qualifications: list.
Skills: list.
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Schedule:
about night/early-morning/weekend work.
About the role:
describing role.
Let's craft.
First, About the role:
The Atlantic is seeking an experienced, Los Angeles–based editor to grow our reporting on Hollywood and the broader entertainment industry. This editor will join the Culture team and be instrumental in shaping coverage of the business and industry of Hollywood.
Maybe also include location? Already there.
Now Responsibilities: list items:
- Shaping coverage of the business and industry of Hollywood.
- Guiding reporters and exercising impeccable story judgment.
- Delivering scoops and big-picture analysis for a general-interest audience.
- Steering deeply reported stories that help readers understand shifts across the industry (within studios, across platforms, among Hollywood’s workforce, and beyond).
- Maintaining fluency in technology, business, and national politics, and understanding how they interact with the culture industry.
- Observing coalescing trends and maintaining sturdy skepticism about publicity cycles.
- Having a nose for where the story is heading next.
- Crafting lively stories about the power and absurdities of Hollywood—and also the plain fun of it all.
We need to ensure we preserve all substantive info; we might have missed "You should have impeccable story judgment, substantial experience guiding reporters, and a desire to tackle the biggest stories and ideas in this world." That's more requirement. We'll include in Requirements.
Now Requirements list:
- Impeccable story judgment.
- Substantial experience guiding reporters.
- Desire to tackle the biggest stories and ideas in Hollywood.
- Comfort operating at all altitudes of the editorial process (working quickly to deliver scoops and big-picture analysis; steering deeply reported stories).
- Track record of working quickly to deliver scoops and big-picture analysis for a general-interest audience.
- Ability to steer deeply reported stories that help readers understand industry shifts.
- Fluency in technology, business, national politics and nuanced understanding of how they interact with the culture industry.
- Sharp observer of coalescing trends.
- Sturdy skepticism about publicity cycles.
- Nose for where the story is heading next.
- Creative sense to tell lively stories about the power and absurdities of Hollywood—and the plain fun of it all.
But many of these overlap with responsibilities. However we need to preserve all info; duplication may be okay but we risk repeating same content. The instruction: "Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading ... Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a short or drop it." It doesn't forbid repeating content across sections, but we should aim to not invent or summarize away detail. Repeating is not summarizing away; it's preserving. However it's redundant but acceptable? Might be considered unnecessary but not prohibited. However we could avoid duplication by assigning each piece to appropriate section.
Let's try to allocate uniquely:
From the first paragraph: "You should have impeccable story judgment, substantial experience guiding reporters, and a desire to tackle the biggest stories and ideas in this world." That's a requirement.
"You’ll be comfortable operating at all altitudes of the editorial process: The ideal candidate will have a track record of working quickly to deliver scoops and big-picture analysis for a general-interest audience; and also steering deeply reported stories that help readers understand the many shifts occurring across the industry (within studios, across platforms, among the many pockets of Hollywood’s workforce, and beyond)." That's also a requirement/responsibility.
"You’ll have fluency in a wide array of related subject areas—technology, business, national politics—and a nuanced understanding of how they interact with the culture industry." That's skill/requirement.
"You’ll be a sharp observer of coalescing trends, have sturdy skepticism about publicity cycles, and a nose for where the story is heading next." Skill/requirement.
"And you’ll have a creative sense of how to tell lively stories about the power and absurdities of Hollywood—and also just the plain fun of it all." Skill/requirement.
"This position will at times include night, early-morning, and weekend work." Schedule.
"Other Qualifications Of The Ideal Candidate Include 10+ years of experience, with a demonstrated ability to shape the conversation about culture and the culture industry A magazine sensibility, exceptional editing skills, and a strong interest in ideas-based journalism Very high standards for clarity, accuracy, and journalistic rigor A naturally collaborative spirit and desire to work within a close-knit team A drive to be in the mix on urgent and consequential stories" That's qualifications.
Thus we can structure:
About the role: first sentence about seeking editor.
Responsibilities: maybe the duties: shaping coverage, guiding reporters, delivering scoops, big-picture analysis, steering deeply reported stories, etc. But many of those are also in qualifications. However we can treat responsibilities as the actions the editor will perform: shaping coverage, guiding reporters, delivering scoops, big-picture analysis, steering deeply reported stories, etc. We'll keep them.
Requirements: maybe the baseline: impeccable story judgment, substantial experience guiding reporters, desire to tackle biggest stories, comfort operating at all altitudes, track record of delivering scoops, steering deeply reported stories. But again overlapping.
Qualifications: the list under Other Qualifications.
Skills: fluency in tech/business/politics, understanding interaction, observer of trends, skepticism about publicity cycles
for prose. We need to decide which content is list vs prose. Responsibilities: could be a list of duties. Use
- .
Requirements: could be a list.
Qualifications: list.
Skills: list.
Pay: maybe a
with salary range. Schedule:
about night/early-morning/weekend work. About the role:
describing role. Let's craft. First, About the role:
The Atlantic is seeking an experienced, Los Angeles–based editor to grow our reporting on Hollywood and the broader entertainment industry. This editor will join the Culture team and be instrumental in shaping coverage of the business and industry of Hollywood.
Maybe also include location? Already there. Now Responsibilities: list items: - Shaping coverage of the business and industry of Hollywood. - Guiding reporters and exercising impeccable story judgment. - Delivering scoops and big-picture analysis for a general-interest audience. - Steering deeply reported stories that help readers understand shifts across the industry (within studios, across platforms, among Hollywood’s workforce, and beyond). - Maintaining fluency in technology, business, and national politics, and understanding how they interact with the culture industry. - Observing coalescing trends and maintaining sturdy skepticism about publicity cycles. - Having a nose for where the story is heading next. - Crafting lively stories about the power and absurdities of Hollywood—and also the plain fun of it all. We need to ensure we preserve all substantive info; we might have missed "You should have impeccable story judgment, substantial experience guiding reporters, and a desire to tackle the biggest stories and ideas in this world." That's more requirement. We'll include in Requirements. Now Requirements list: - Impeccable story judgment. - Substantial experience guiding reporters. - Desire to tackle the biggest stories and ideas in Hollywood. - Comfort operating at all altitudes of the editorial process (working quickly to deliver scoops and big-picture analysis; steering deeply reported stories). - Track record of working quickly to deliver scoops and big-picture analysis for a general-interest audience. - Ability to steer deeply reported stories that help readers understand industry shifts. - Fluency in technology, business, national politics and nuanced understanding of how they interact with the culture industry. - Sharp observer of coalescing trends. - Sturdy skepticism about publicity cycles. - Nose for where the story is heading next. - Creative sense to tell lively stories about the power and absurdities of Hollywood—and the plain fun of it all. But many of these overlap with responsibilities. However we need to preserve all info; duplication may be okay but we risk repeating same content. The instruction: "Do NOT repeat the job title as a heading ... Do NOT put Job ID / requisition numbers as headings — fold minor metadata into a shortor drop it." It doesn't forbid repeating content across sections, but we should aim to not invent or summarize away detail. Repeating is not summarizing away; it's preserving. However it's redundant but acceptable? Might be considered unnecessary but not prohibited. However we could avoid duplication by assigning each piece to appropriate section. Let's try to allocate uniquely: From the first paragraph: "You should have impeccable story judgment, substantial experience guiding reporters, and a desire to tackle the biggest stories and ideas in this world." That's a requirement. "You’ll be comfortable operating at all altitudes of the editorial process: The ideal candidate will have a track record of working quickly to deliver scoops and big-picture analysis for a general-interest audience; and also steering deeply reported stories that help readers understand the many shifts occurring across the industry (within studios, across platforms, among the many pockets of Hollywood’s workforce, and beyond)." That's also a requirement/responsibility. "You’ll have fluency in a wide array of related subject areas—technology, business, national politics—and a nuanced understanding of how they interact with the culture industry." That's skill/requirement. "You’ll be a sharp observer of coalescing trends, have sturdy skepticism about publicity cycles, and a nose for where the story is heading next." Skill/requirement. "And you’ll have a creative sense of how to tell lively stories about the power and absurdities of Hollywood—and also just the plain fun of it all." Skill/requirement. "This position will at times include night, early-morning, and weekend work." Schedule. "Other Qualifications Of The Ideal Candidate Include 10+ years of experience, with a demonstrated ability to shape the conversation about culture and the culture industry A magazine sensibility, exceptional editing skills, and a strong interest in ideas-based journalism Very high standards for clarity, accuracy, and journalistic rigor A naturally collaborative spirit and desire to work within a close-knit team A drive to be in the mix on urgent and consequential stories" That's qualifications. Thus we can structure: About the role: first sentence about seeking editor. Responsibilities: maybe the duties: shaping coverage, guiding reporters, delivering scoops, big-picture analysis, steering deeply reported stories, etc. But many of those are also in qualifications. However we can treat responsibilities as the actions the editor will perform: shaping coverage, guiding reporters, delivering scoops, big-picture analysis, steering deeply reported stories, etc. We'll keep them. Requirements: maybe the baseline: impeccable story judgment, substantial experience guiding reporters, desire to tackle biggest stories, comfort operating at all altitudes, track record of delivering scoops, steering deeply reported stories. But again overlapping. Qualifications: the list under Other Qualifications. Skills: fluency in tech/business/politics, understanding interaction, observer of trends, skepticism about publicity cycles