Urgency editor

The Urgency Editor is a dynamic newsroom leader responsible for driving fast distinctive and audience-focused journalism across the newsroom. This editor launches the breaking news report each morning and ensures the newsroom responds quickly and strategically to the stories that matter most. Beyond breaking news the Urgency Editor serves as a catalyst for aggressive beat reporting helping reporters identify opportunities sharpen angles and produce journalism that stands apart from the ideal candidate is a talented editor and writer with a proven track record of leading high-impact coverage thriving under pressure and delivering audience growth through smart innovative storytelling. This person combines urgency with strategy using metrics data reporting tools and authorized AI to inform decisions and maximize reach. They are a collaborative compassionate leader who helps reporters do their best work and creates a culture of ambition accountability and and lead daily breaking news coverage ensuring rapid accurate and competitive newsroom resources and coverage plans to ensure timely response to developing urgency across the newsroom identifying opportunities for reporters and teams to advance coverage throughout the with beat reporters and editors to elevate enterprise watchdog and trending audience metrics search trends social engagement and other data signals to guide coverage data analytics and authorized AI tools to identify opportunities anticipate emerging stories and inform newsroom distinctive coverage plans that separate the newsroom from competitors and attract loyal reporters on story framing structure reporting deadlines and digital and write stories quickly and effectively while maintaining high standards for accuracy fairness and with visual journalists producers and audience teams to maximize story newsroom conversations about urgency innovation and audience maintain a newsroom culture that is ambitious collaborative and of five years of experience covering and managing breaking news coverage in a fast-paced success leading coverage that outperformed competitors and delivered significant audience news judgment and the ability to make sound decisions under writing and editing ability to coach and develop journalists of varying experience using audience metrics analytics and data to inform editorial understanding of digital publishing search social platforms and audience engagement using data tools public records and emerging newsroom technologies including authorized AI to manage multiple priorities and shifting deadlines should have facility with AI and automation and experience in using it to enhance their CharacteristicsThe successful candidate has a history of finding creative solutions when circumstances appear impossible. This person can point to examples of journalism Hail Marys moments when innovative thinking persistence and leadership transformed difficult situations into audience-winning ideal candidate is:A gifted writer and editor.A strategic thinker who looks around corners and anticipates what happens curious and highly making decisions in high-pressure by audience needs and newsroom at transforming rough ideas into compelling journalism even on the tightest deadlines.A trusted newsroom thought partner whom reporters seek out for empathetic and committed to helping others approachable and respected by colleagues across the in This RoleSuccess means consistently leading urgent high-impact journalism that informs communities grows audience and strengthens the newsrooms competitive edge. The Urgency Editor not only delivers exceptional coverage but also helps others elevate their work turning challenges into opportunities and helping the newsroom transform great reporting into indispensable Instructions:We are eager to learn more about you and how you fit this role. When you apply dont limit your upload to a resume; show us what youve done. To do so put together a single document file that includes the following in this order:Your resume one to two pages.A cover letter that outlines how you would approach the to 3-6 online samples of your work. Show us what best reflects what you can do in your desired is important that these items be assembled into a single document and uploaded in PDF format. Completing these steps will ensure that your application receives the highest consideration.#Newsgnt#LI-CB1