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Culture & Arts Editor

WNYC/Gothamist Newsroom

The WNYC/Gothamist Newsroom is seeking a New York-loving and culture-obsessed editor to lead our Culture & Arts desk. This editor will oversee journalists who produce multiplatform storytelling on the city’s theaters, museums, music, food, recreation and entertainment.

This editor is passionate about the city’s existing and emerging cultural scenes and venues. New York City is a world leader in creating and fostering cultural movements and entertainment, and this coverage is critical in our newsroom’s mission to grow into the nation’s premiere source of local journalism.

The Culture & Arts Editor will direct and shape coverage with an eye toward reaching new and diverse audiences as we capture the impact that culture, and access to culture, has on all people who live in our region. This editor should have an eye for what’s rising in the zeitgeist as well as the ability to plan utility coverage for major events.

This editor will guide their team members as they produce a balance of daily, original enterprise and investigative coverage. This editor is responsible for upholding the highest standards of journalistic quality and integrity, ensuring that WNYC’s journalism is engaging, timely, accurate, clear, thorough, fair and impactful.

This role reports into WNYC’s Deputy Editor.

Responsibilities:

• Create and execute team goals while mentoring, developing and coaching direct reports
• Create and operationalize a strategic vision for the Culture & Arts desk’s journalism that attracts loyal and diverse audiences in digital, on-air, on-demand audio and social
• Foster a culture of accountability, creativity and innovation in storytelling
• Hold all content to the highest journalistic standards -- from breaking news to longform features
• Organize daily and long-term coverage planning that is communicated clearly and with intention
• Work with reporters to develop clear lines of coverage and beats within the Culture & Art space
• Collaborate with peers and partners across the organization, bringing visibility to daily coverage and contributing to major projects

Qualifications:

• Ability to lead, inspire, manage and deliver feedback to a team of reporters
• Strong text and digital editing skills with additional editing experience in audio preferred.
• Demonstrated commitment and ability to contribute an equity lens to every aspect of people development and management processes, and ability to increase diversity, equity, and inclusion competency in newsrooms
• Demonstrated knowledge of complex social and cultural issues
• Ability to manage several projects concurrently
• Self-starter with proven ability to meet deadlines and pay close attention to detail and fact-checking
• Sophisticated communication skills, including oral, written, and public speaking
• Deft writing and editing skills, including the ability to sharpen or rewrite copy with grammatical and style precision under deadline
• Deep commitment to accurate, ethical journalism; and impeccable journalistic integrity and judgment
• Minimum of 5 years professional journalism experience, largely in the culture and arts space
• Ability to conceive and execute innovative approaches to storytelling with a demonstrated ability to see the story that’s going to engage readers and to anticipate reader interests

Additional Information

This is a full-time role with a salary range of $115,000-$130,000 per year (plus a full benefits package). Salary offered within this range is determined by skills, experience and organizational pay equity. New York Public Radio offers competitive compensation with excellent medical, dental, and vision insurance, and generous time off benefits including vacation, personal and sick time and parental leave.

This role is currently operating in a hybrid capacity, with the ability to sometimes work from home. However, this position is part of the NYC staff and will be expected to work from the NYC office on specified days with regularity.

Commitment to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

New York Public Radio is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We continuously strive to place our employees at the center of our thinking and elevate inclusive practices to develop and support a more engaged and productive workforce. Our journalism and operations in the service of that journalism benefit from a broad range of perspectives, from all backgrounds, at all levels of the organization. Diversity is essential to honest, authentic, accurate storytelling and reportage; creating an institution in which all voices are encouraged, valued, and heard.

Equal Opportunity

New York Public Radio is an equal opportunity employer committed to achieving the goal of equal employment opportunity for all. Applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions without regard to mental or physical disability, race, creed, color, religion, gender, national origin, citizenship status, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, employment status or any protected federal, state or local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.