Standards and Ethics Editor (12-Month Contract)

About the role

POLITICO is looking for an experienced editor of impeccable judgment for a 12‑month, 4 days per week contract to join our growing global standards and ethics team to ensure the integrity of our journalism across all platforms and deepen our bonds of trust with readers. This role comes with a mandate to uphold POLITICO’s editorial values and commitment to authoritative, nonpartisan and tough‑mindedly fair journalism; to provide an essential quality check on all the work we do; and to set guidelines but more importantly in real time help journalists resolve knotty ethical questions as they arise. This editor will serve as a hands‑on collaborator with other editors on pre‑publication reporting and reviews of our most sensitive content as well as the countless issues that come up in the course of producing ambitious and innovative journalism. This editor will take a lead role in writing and updating newsroom policies and stylebook entries to offer clear direction to the staff across the globe and work alongside others to assist on training and development programs for our journalists.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a hands‑on editor who can offer pre‑publication guidance on stories
• Address and resolve issues related to our journalism after it is published
• Help research and write newsroom policies on ethics and professional behavior and stylebook entries
• Assist in designing training and development programs for POLITICO journalists

Requirements

• A rigorous commitment to fair‑minded, nonpartisan journalism
• Ability to juggle multiple tasks at once at a demanding pace
• Desire to collaborate with journalists across the newsroom, helping broker solutions to challenging situations
• Demonstrated commitment to excellence and the highest standards of professional integrity

Pay

$100,000–$120,000 annual salary, based on a four‑day‑per‑week (80% FTE) schedule

Schedule

This 32‑hours‑a‑week position can be based in Arlington, VA, New York, NY or Sacramento, CA with the strong preference to work Eastern Standard Time evenings.