Senior Editor/Weekends, (AJC)

Company

Cox Enterprises

Job Family Group

Editorial & Newsroom

Job Profile

Sr Manager, Editorial

Management Level

Sr Manager - People Leader

Flexible Work Option

Hybrid - Ability to work remotely part of the week

Travel %

No

Work Shift

Variable

Compensation

Compensation includes a base salary of $88,300.00 - $147,100.00. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

Job Description

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s (AJC) mission is to be the most essential and engaging source of news and information for the people of Atlanta, Georgia and the South. To achieve that mission, we will transform ourselves from a storied daily newspaper into a modern media company. At the heart of that transformation is how we work  – across functions, in pursuit of shared goals to reach new audiences in new ways.    

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution seeks a Senior Editor/Weekends to lead the newsroom on Saturdays and Sundays, primarily in covering breaking news but also directing timely and engaging coverage from beats across the newsroom. This is a uniquely demanding job but one that offers some unique flexibility including a four-day work week.

  

The person in this full-time position will work every Saturday and Sunday and two other workdays, to be determined. He or she will be responsible for directing the weekend reporting team and helping ensure the high quality of our weekend products. The person in this role will be tasked with looking ahead and collaborating with other newsroom leaders to ensure smart coverage of weekend events, and for helping to ensure a strong coverage for Monday AM across all platforms. 

  

The editor will edit both live coverage, which can include major breaking news, as well as and feature stories like festivals and community events.  The editor will help plan and edit varied content that may include sports, features, business, crime, or other beats as needed.  In addition, the role may assist with editing content that is planned to run for the upcoming weekend.  
 

Reporting to the Deputy Managing Editor/News, this role will be aligned with editors leading the Crime and Public Safety/Breaking News, Local, and Education. This role is a great opportunity for a leader who seeks to demonstrate growth and decision-making in content and digital audience engagement. The editor is the point person for staff on duty on Saturdays and Sunday in reporting as well as shepherding content, in coordination with programming, to ajc.com and coordinating with print team. The editor must make decisions on when to involve senior newsroom leadership or call-in additional troops for breaking news. When not working on weekend material, this editor will work closely with other core news teams including breaking news/crime, local and education, and will keep the breaking news plan up to date and maintaining the weekend and holiday rotation schedule.  

Because this editor is the key newsroom leader on Saturdays and Sundays, the ideal candidate will have familiarity with metro Atlanta, has reporting and editing experience here and the institutional knowledge needed to guide the weekend news staff. The ideal candidate is a prolific multitasker with great news judgment and excellent editing/writing skills who can work independently in a fast-paced newsroom environment. 

KEY DUTIES 

• Acts as supervisor for weekend staff, decision-maker for launching breaking news coverage, and point of contact with AJC senior leaders and programming/print teams. 
• Is responsible for planning/programming weekend news coverage and distribution, guiding the weekend reporters and producers on their priorities for stories to produce and distribute across home pages, push notifications, social media, and email newsletters. 
• Edits content created on weekends and some advance weekend content. 
• Responsible for programming weekend newsletters to subscribers, working with the content teams during the week to ensure premium content is available.  
• The responsibilities above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this job. This is not intended to be an exhaustiv