Staff Editor

Location: San Francisco, CA or New York City, NY. This is a Guild position.

About the role

WIRED is seeking a staff editor for our newsroom. Reporting to WIRED’s senior director, science, politics, and security, you’ll work with an experienced team of reporters and editors to edit stories from multiple desks and manage syndications from international WIRED brands. You’ll edit a variety of stories, from breaking news about a ransomware incident to embargoed biotech breakthroughs, and edit translated stories from WIRED’s international counterparts. Our priority is ambitious, impactful work—major scoops, deeply reported investigations, timely analysis, and special projects. You’ll collaborate with colleagues in San Francisco, New York, London, and other locations, and work closely with WIRED’s digital video team to execute cross-platform coverage for YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram Reels.

Responsibilities

• Edit stories from across the WIRED newsroom depending on need.
• Edit stories syndicated from WIRED’s international brands to align with our editorial style and standards.
• Work with external partners to identify stories for syndication and bring them through our production process.
• Collaborate with WIRED’s director, science, politics, and security on tasks that elevate coverage, including filing FOIA requests, coordinating with freelance contributors, and more.
• Proactively seek out interesting, diverse voices to deliver differentiated business coverage.
• Coordinate with other WIRED teams on all aspects of the story process, including visuals, fact-checking, copy queries, production, and social/video partnerships to maximize impact.
• Contribute to brand extensions, social platforms, and additional projects as needed.
• Represent the brand publicly, such as on social media, in press opportunities, panels, speaking engagements, and internal presentations.
• Handle additional projects and stories as assigned.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience as an editor in a fast-paced, digital, news-driven environment.
• A portfolio reflecting significant experience covering the tech industry, cybersecurity, science, or another core area of WIRED coverage, including a consistent record of breaking news.
• Experience overseeing multi-platform content from brainstorm to execution, balancing daily deadlines with longer-lead projects.
• Passion for delivering big, ambitious coverage, particularly around Big Tech, climate, and other core focus areas.
• Highly collaborative with excellent communication skills; adept at working with a diverse team of fact-checkers, copy editors, designers, photo editors, digital producers, social media producers, and story editors.
• Excellent time management and prioritization skills.
• Comfortable with iterative news coverage and a sharp line editor, skilled at structuring arguments and eliminating jargon.
• A polymath eager to immerse yourself in a broad range of topics.

Pay

The expected base salary range for this position is $80,000 - $105,000. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, and education.