Climate Solutions Editor

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Colorado Public Radio is seeking a Climate Solutions Editor.   

About the Position:

The Climate Solutions Editor will manage a team of reporters responsible for producing climate and environment coverage for CPR. This position will collaborate with other newsroom editors to facilitate communication between this team and other news teams. The role involves serving as a leader in CPR’s newsroom by planning, editing, and delivering breaking news, enterprise stories, features, and projects for the climate team, as well as producing a weekly climate newsletter.

This is not a remote position. The Climate Solutions Editor is expected to reside in the Denver Metro area upon starting. 

About You:

We’re seeking someone with a passion for climate reporting and editing who has a track record of managing beat coverage with a focus on enterprise and breaking stories. We’re seeking an experienced collaborator, mentor and coach who has experience motivating a team with constructive and regular feedback and through purposefully growing their team’s skills. You should have the ability to discuss pros and cons of specific journalistic approaches to topics or stories with reporters, fellow editors, and other staff. Our new Climate Editor should be innovative, positive, collaborative, resilient and focused in the heat of breaking news. We’re seeking someone who is energized by looking at stories through a lens of equity and is committed to diversity and inclusion. 

Minimum Qualifications:

• At least 5 years of experience related to the position. This experience should include:  
• • At least 3 years coaching and mentoring or managing staff, helping reporters shape their beats. 
  • Experience editing stories on deadline or for long-term projects and experience with writing the occasional breaking story. Also, experience with authoring and editing newsletters. 
  • Experience using strong news judgment informed by equitable and empathetic journalistic values.
  • Experience looking up, understanding and analyzing data to create suggested courses of action.
• Familiarity with (or interest in learning) working with content management systems such as WordPress.
• A demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with colleagues.
• A demonstrated ability to meet deadlines, handle multiple priorities and work in a fast-paced digital environment. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. 
• Excellent attention to detail.
• A valid driver's license and clean driving record

Education Equivalency:

• None, but a fully related associate’s or bachelor’s degree may help contribute to the minimum years of experience needed to qualify for this position if your years of working experience are a bit shy of the required qualifications.  

Don't meet every single requirement? Research has shown that women, people of color and many marginalized communities are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Colorado Public Radio, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, equitable and authentic workplace. If you're excited about this role, but your past experience doesn't perfectly align with every qualification in the job posting, we encourage you to still apply.

Benefits:

Colorado Public Radio is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package that reflects our culture of caring. Our employees have access to: 100 percent employer paid individual health, dental, life, and disability coverage; an outstanding paid family medical leave policy plus paid holidays and a very generous sick, vacation, and personal time off plan; voluntary offerings such as vision; a competitive retirement plan with no waiting or vesting periods; flexible schedules; engagement and development opportunities; and a casual atmosphere.

Position Information:

Position Type: Full-time

Hiring Range: $71,900 - $95,800

Starting Pay: based on education and experience.

Structure Title: Supervising Editor, News Delivery

Application Requirements:

Click here to apply (link here). Upload a resume and answer all required application questions. 

Incomplete Applications will not be considered.

Application Deadline: Open until filled. Position opened 1/24/2025. While this role may remain open up until 2/23/2025, please be aware it is in your best interest to apply ASAP as the role may close sooner if we have a strong candidate pool.

At Colorado Public Radio we are committed to cultivating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workplace that helps us represent the voices of the communities within Colorado. We highly encourage candidates with unique contributions such as ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity, nation of origin, age, language, veteran status, color, religion, disability and sexual orientation to apply to our openings. CPR is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes everyone to our team. If you need reasonable accommodation at any point in the application or interview process, please let us know.

Salary : $71,900 - $95,800