Breaking News Editor, Politics - NBC News Digital

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Job Description

NBC News Digital is seeking an experienced Breaking News Editor to oversee its breaking politics coverage on weekend nights for NBCNews.com. The ideal candidate will have a passion for live news events, including live blogging, with experience in this area being a plus. They should be able to work quickly, accurately, and competitively, maintaining acute attention to detail at all times. Additionally, they must be comfortable making quick, independent decisions during fast-breaking news and alerts.

The breaking desk is the heart of the politics team on NBCNews.com. The reporters and editors cover and bring together all the latest news around campaigns, Congress, the White House, state legislatures and more, pulling in reporting from the digital, broadcast and editorial units for the site.The night shift plays an important role not only in covering news of the moment, but also picking up stories percolating from earlier in the day and getting a jump on stories coming the next day. 

• The hours are Wednesday - Sunday from 4pm-12am ET. The editor would be the lead politics editor on Saturday and Sunday nights.

Our editor should be comfortable assigning and editing stories on all aspects of politics coverage, knowing how to move a story forward and make it appeal to our audience. They should be able to pull in the best reporting around the network, no matter the platform. This editor should be a master at SEO, headlines and ledes. And they should know when we need to jump on a story and when we don't. 

This position is represented by the NewsGuild-CWA.
 

Responsibilities

• Lead politics coverage on weekend nights and assist the larger politics team during the week
• Assign and edit news stories to ensure they are thorough, well written, accurate and authoritative
• Actively monitor sources of breaking news and be prepared to jump on developments as soon as they happen
• Write stories when needed
• Collaborate with other digital editors and staffers across the broadcast unit on breaking news coordination
• Make sure stories are optimized with SEO, catchy headlines, strong ledes and visual elements to help tell our stories

Qualifications

• 4 years professional journalism experience
• 2 years editing politics news 
• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of relevant working experience
• Skilled editor with outstanding communication skills
• Expertise in writing SEO and optimizing stories for different platforms
• Must be willing to work in Washington, D.C., New York, NY or Los Angeles, CA

Desired Characteristics:

• Expert planner with sharp news judgment who can spot which stories need our attention and which don't 
• Excellent communicator who can work well with others in a variety of roles at different levels of the company
• Extensive knowledge of politics and the political news landscape
• Creativity to think about how best to present stories to readers in a way that will catch their interest

Additional Requirements:

• Hybrid: This position has been designated as hybrid, generally contributing from the office a minimum of three days per week.

This position is eligible for company sponsored benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, and a variety of other discounts and perks. Learn more about the benefits offered by NBCUniversal by visiting the Benefits page of the Careers website. Salary range: $80,000 - $105,000

Additional Information

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