Position Type
Full-Time/Regular

We're looking for our next Deputy Managing Editor - an ambitious, driven and collaborative journalist ready to help lead a newsroom built for the future of public media. In this role, you'll assign, edit and supervise a team of reporters, working closely with fellow newsroom leaders to deliver original, essential news for Boston and Massachusetts, with a focus on politics, immigration, transportation, criminal justice and breaking news. Reporting to the Managing Editor, you'll oversee every stage of story production - from assignment to publication - across audio and digital, bringing a sharp editorial eye to everything from a punchy headline to a compelling host intro. You'll lead the newsroom's election coverage and edit WBUR's weekly newsletter Mass. Politics. As the editor in charge of our breaking news rotation, you'll work with every reporter in the newsroom at some point.

We're looking for a highly skilled editor who is as comfortable producing great audio storytelling as immersive digital journalism, and who is genuinely invested in developing reporters - sharpening their instincts, strengthening their voice, and helping them grow into more versatile storytellers. You're energized by coaching talent, excited to innovate, and committed to building an inclusive, collaborative newsroom where great journalism thrives

The Deputy Managing Editor is a driving force in a newsroom built for today's public media landscape - leading, mentoring and elevating a team of reporters across politics, transportation, criminal justice, immigration and breaking news.

This is a role for an ambitious, collaborative editor who thrives on high standards and wants to help shape what modern public media journalism sounds and looks like. Reporting to the Managing Editor, this seasoned journalist oversees every stage of story production - from assignment to publication - across WBUR's audio and digital platforms. The ideal candidate is a skilled audio storyteller who knows how to sharpen a script for broadcast as readily as a headline for the web, and who is genuinely energized by developing reporters' craft: building their instincts for sourcing and story development, strengthening their voices on air, and pushing their work to distinguish itself in a competitive news landscape. This person brings a coaching mindset, a drive to innovate, and a deep commitment to an inclusive, collaborative newsroom culture.

Essential Functions

• Assigns, coaches and edits reporters on short-, medium- and long-term projects, with a sharp focus on developing their reporting skills and audio storytelling craft.
• Edits both digital and radio stories - often simultaneously, on tight deadlines - to meet the highest standards of excellence, online and on air. Edits other stories and special projects as needed.
• Provides direct supervision and hands-on mentorship to a team of reporters, helping them grow into more versatile, skilled journalists.
• Partners closely with newsroom editors to determine daily news priorities.
• Helps oversee daily news budgets, in coordination with Managing Editors, Managing Producer, and Executive Editors of News and Digital.
• Occasionally steps in to assume the duties of Managing Editor.

Required Skills

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required, with over eight years of related work experience.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Required Skills

Job Location: Boston, MA
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Salary Grade: $96,300.00-$144,500.00

To apply, visit https://jobs.silkroad.com/BU/External/jobs/317208

Position Type
Full-Time/Regular

We're looking for our next Deputy Managing Editor - an ambitious, driven and collaborative journalist ready to help lead a newsroom built for the future of public media. In this role, you'll assign, edit and supervise a team of reporters, working closely with fellow newsroom leaders to deliver original, essential news for Boston and Massachusetts, with a focus on politics, immigration, transportation, criminal justice and breaking news. Reporting to the Managing Editor, you'll oversee every stage of story production - from assignment to publication - across audio and digital, bringing a sharp editorial eye to everything from a punchy headline to a compelling host intro. You'll lead the newsroom's election coverage and edit WBUR's weekly newsletter Mass. Politics. As the editor in charge of our breaking news rotation, you'll work with every reporter in the newsroom at some point.

We're looking for a highly skilled editor who is as comfortable producing great audio storytelling as immersive digital journalism, and who is genuinely invested in developing reporters - sharpening their instincts, strengthening their voice, and helping them grow into more versatile storytellers. You're energized by coaching talent, excited to innovate, and committed to building an inclusive, collaborative newsroom where great journalism thrives

The Deputy Managing Editor is a driving force in a newsroom built for today's public media landscape - leading, mentoring and elevating a team of reporters across politics, transportation, criminal justice, immigration and breaking news.

This is a role for an ambitious, collaborative editor who thrives on high standards and wants to help shape what modern public media journalism sounds and looks like. Reporting to the Managing Editor, this seasoned journalist oversees every stage of story production - from assignment to publication - across WBUR's audio and digital platforms. The ideal candidate is a skilled audio storyteller who knows how to sharpen a script for broadcast as readily as a headline for the web, and who is genuinely energized by developing reporters' craft: building their instincts for sourcing and story development, strengthening their voices on air, and pushing their work to distinguish itself in a competitive news landscape. This person brings a coaching mindset, a drive to innovate, and a deep commitment to an inclusive, collaborative newsroom culture.

Essential Functions

• Assigns, coaches and edits reporters on short-, medium- and long-term projects, with a sharp focus on developing their reporting skills and audio storytelling craft.
• Edits both digital and radio stories - often simultaneously, on tight deadlines - to meet the highest standards of excellence, online and on air. Edits other stories and special projects as needed.
• Provides direct supervision and hands-on mentorship to a team of reporters, helping them grow into more versatile, skilled journalists.
• Partners closely with newsroom editors to determine daily news priorities.
• Helps oversee daily news budgets, in coordination with Managing Editors, Managing Producer, and Executive Editors of News and Digital.
• Occasionally steps in to assume the duties of Managing Editor.

Required Skills

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience required, with over eight years of related work experience.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, natural or protective hairstyle, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military service, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, or because of marital, parental, or veteran status. We are a VEVRAA Federal Contractor.

Required Skills

Job Location: Boston, MA
Position Type: Full-Time/Regular
Salary Grade: $96,300.00-$144,500.00

To apply, visit https://jobs.silkroad.com/BU/External/jobs/317208