Assistant Editor

About the job

Assistant Editor, Cascadia Daily News

The job: The CDN assistant editor works as a desk editor/producer, assisting other editors with story and image editing, formatting and posting content created by a fast-paced team of 15 full- and part-time journalists to CDN’s website and other platform

. Position details: Full time, benefits eligible, newsroom-based with some hybrid work allowed. Shifts will include evening and occasional night and weekend work. Requires residence in Whatcom or Skagit County, Washingt

o. Reports to: Managing Editor

, ews Pay range: $58,000 to $63,000 annua

lly DOE

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ey dties:

· Copy editing news stories for structure, grammar, AP Style and clari

ty,

on dedline.

· Formatting and posting stories, photos, graphics, video and other material on deadline to the website cas

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adiadaly.com.

· Assisting with daily maintenance and curation of CDN we

bsi

te and hme page.

· Monitoring for, and occasionally reporting and writing, breaking news stories fro

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varioussources.

· Coordinating and dispatching reporters and photographers in b

rea

king news ituations.

· Assisting with adapting and planning daily news stories for use in CDN’s weekly print editi

o

n and othe platforms.

· Obtaining and publishing non-deadline stories from othe

r n

ews sources nd services.

· Assisting with assembling and scheduling news alerts and roundups via email newsletters

a

nd other delvery systems.

· Monitoring and maintaining newsroom master planning list when

sto

ries are schedled/published.

· Regularly participating in weekly editor’s meeting, weekly staff meetings and ot

h

er newsroom plnning sessions.

· Helping to coordin

ate

and oversee felo

ws and interns.

Essential skills

· Keen editing skills with an eye not only for text errors but story gap

s/

framing issues, issing information.

· Intimate familiarity with Associated Press

St

yle and in-house stle guide exceptions.

· Strict attention to detail and fact-checking of news copy on tight deadlines in a digital-first newsroom

w

orking in a competiive news environment.

· Solid knack for dynamic headline writing, often multiple

ver

sions for same story n different platforms.

· Strong grounding in media ethics cons

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stent with CDN’s bran and community mission.

· Ability and confidence to work independently and make news decisions al

one

or in collaborati

ve fahion with other edtors.

Beneficial

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lls

· Basic photo-editng, page-layout experience.

· Abil

ity

to create, refine and publsh simple maps and graphics.

· Familiarity with Slack, WordPress, Beehiiv, MS Office, Google docs a

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d sheets, Outlook, other inustry standard digital tools.

· Experience o

r fa

miliarity with news

issues i the Pacific Northwes region.

Minimum

re

quirements

· Bachelor’s degre in journalism or related field.

· Three years’ editing experie

nce,

preferably

in a professional diital daily jornalism environment

.

Job Benefits

· Company-sponsord health, vision and dental coverage.

· 21 annual days PTO combini

ng

vacation/sick time with addit

ional acrual after three years at thecompany.

· Comp

et