Local News Editor

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About the Company:

The Baltimore Banner is a nonprofit newsroom founded to bring high-quality local journalism to the Baltimore metro area. We are creating a vibrant, strong, trustworthy, and sustainable news organization, seeking to re-imagine the future of local news. Using a multi-platform news operation, covering a broad range of topics from local government to culture and the arts. We tell stories that reflect the community, connecting neighbors, holding government institutions accountable, and making sense of the world. All this work is grounded in truth. We believe we can contribute to a more vibrant, informed, and whole Baltimore, surrounding counties, and the state of Maryland. 

About the role:

The Baltimore Banner is hiring a Local News Editor to help guide coverage of local news in Baltimore and the surrounding region.

The ideal candidates will be experienced in reporting or editing local news with a record of coverage that prompts results. We are looking for editors who can manage a growing team of reporters. The local news editors will help reporters conceive, report and write stories about Baltimore-area communities. The editors will also coordinate with newsroom staff on photos, data graphics, or other visuals to accompany coverage. The editors will ensure that coverage is accurate, written with clarity, and meets The Baltimore Banner’s standards. The local news editors will have some flexibility to work remotely and be available based on news needs. This is a full-time position located in Baltimore, Maryland working from our office located at the Inner Habor of Baltimore

Responsibilities:

• Help manage The Baltimore Banner’s team of reporters covering Baltimore and its surrounding communities
• Guide reporters to produce coverage that holds public officials accountable for their decisions – and the results – and keeps the focus on the impact on, and needs of, the communities we cover
• Help reporters develop ideas that go beyond meetings, events, and the news of the day to dig deeper into stories
• Work with reporters to produce focused, comprehensive, polished, and error-free coverage.
• Work with reporters to help them produce a mix of short and longer-term coverage: breaking; enterprise; investigative; and projects
• Coordinate with reporters’ photo and data staff on visual content that adds insight, detail, and context to stories
• Work with reporters to approach stories creatively and use alternative story formats
• Represent The Banner in the community as needed -- in person or on television or radio appearances 
• Use and understand newsroom analytics to hone and identify the coverage that serves readers

Job Requirements:

• A minimum of 7 years of experience in journalism 
• Prior editing or management experience plus
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
• Ability to help reporters tell their stories in the most interesting way
• Ability to help reporters tell stories in a digital forward way
• Familiarity with open records laws and an ability to help reporters track down essential documents
• Teamwork and willingness to collaborate with others
• Strong interpersonal skills and an ability to give and receive constructive feedback
• Willingness to work some nights and weekends as news dictates
• A commitment to upholding journalistic values and ethics 

Salary Range: $100,000 - $125,000 Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by several factors including experience, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. We constantly review all teammate pay to ensure a great compensation package that is fair and equal across the board.

Our amazing benefits include:

We take pride in our core values that outline how we work. If you possess the qualifications outlined above and resonate with the cultural elements below, we look forward to exploring this opportunity with you.

• Do what’s right. Honesty, morality, respect and the mission guide our actions and decisions. By doing the right thing, we inspire others to believe.
• Work together. We collaborate to create something special. Together we challenge assumptions, trust each other, take risks, and foster transparent and direct communication.
• Listen to be heard. Our stories are trustworthy. They are inspired by and created for our readers. Their story is our story. Communities are at the center of our journalism, and everything we do.
• Deliver impactful results. Acting as one accountable team and driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, we deliver bold and innovative results. We act fast, execute and learn. We celebrate great outcomes.
• Be inclusive. We celebrate the uniqueness of each individual and act by curating a culture that leverages diverse perspectives as the key to fulfilling our mission. The Banner is for all of us.

The Venetoulis Institute embraces diversity and inclusion, and we are wholeheartedly committed to being proactive in inspiring a culture of inclusion across our organization. We are dedicated to establishing an organization that reflects the fundamental respect for different ways of working and living, and we assure every employee the opportunity to reach their full potential.

We are dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodation due to a disability to participate in the application process, please contact [email protected] to request accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may include, but are not limited to, adjustments in the application process, modifications or assistance regarding job interviews, and accommodations to enable access to our facilities. We appreciate the value that individuals with disabilities bring to our workforce and encourage applicants with disabilities to disclose their needs for accommodation to facilitate a smooth and inclusive recruitment experience.