WBEZ Chicago

WBEZ Chicago

News Editor

Chicago, IL (Hybrid workplace)

Sponsorship not specified$91k-$100kDetected 5 days ago
CommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • The News Editor is responsible for supporting Chicago Public Media's daily news coverage across a wide array of platforms including broadcast, digital, podcasts and print.
  • The News Editor will work with reporters, producers and editors to edit cross-platform work across digital and audio, including: daily and feature audio stories, audio 2ways, and daily and enterprise web stories.
  • The News Editor will work with WBEZ and Sun-Times editors to ensure quality, fact- checked content is published across platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Directs the work of reporters and producers, and works with the editorial team, to plan and lead execution of daily stories for web and audio, and initiatives across platforms.
  • Develops and conducts editorial training.
  • Helps maintain audio and text standards across platforms.
  • This sustained community investment helped drive nationally recognized work in 2025, including 29 awards from esteemed organizations, including the Public Media Journalists Association, the Edward R.
  • At Chicago Public Media, we care deeply about our employees as we know attracting, developing, and growing talent is key to our success and enhancing our impact.
  • The essential functions described above are not all-inclusive and are not intended to create any contractual or other legal commitment.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience as a News Editor.
  • Ability to conceptualize and edit news stories for content, accuracy, pacing, ideas, narrative and voice.
  • Experience leading and inspiring diverse, inclusive teams to excellence.
  • Knowledge of the Chicago region's rich diversity of stories, sectors and communities is very helpful.
  • Bachelor's degree in journalism, communications, humanities or related field
  • Outstanding news judgment and experience leading journalists to produce work of tremendous distinction and community impact.
  • Demonstrated passion for leading creative daily news coverage.
  • Ability to conceptualize and edit news stories for content, accuracy, pacing, ideas, narrative and voice. Fluency and enthusiasm for multiplatform journalism.
  • Deep commitment to the highest standards of journalistic ethics and the mission of public media.
  • Ability to articulate your own ideas precisely and concisely - and to cultivate the strong ideas that come from other producers, editors, and reporters.
  • Strong relationship builder and naturally collaborative leader. Experience leading and inspiring diverse, inclusive teams to excellence.
  • The expected pay range for this position is $90,618 to $100,000 per ANNUM.
  • Chicago Public Media provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the organization reasonably expects to pay for a position. The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographical location, and external market pay for comparable jobs.
  • Working at Chicago Public Media

Compensation

  • The expected pay range for this position is $90,618 to $100,000 per ANNUM.
  • Chicago Public Media provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the organization reasonably expects to pay for a position.
  • Our benefits include a competitive salary and benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, vacation, holidays, life insurance, disability coverage, retirement savings, and a commuter benefits plan.
  • The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographical location, and external market pay for comparable jobs.
  • For more information, please see the Chicago Public Media Annual Report.

Benefits

  • Our benefits include a competitive salary and benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, vacation, holidays, life insurance, disability coverage, retirement savings, and a commuter benefits plan.
  • Collaborates with the editorial team to support editorial coverage.
  • Helps manage daily coverage priorities, including coverage plans for major breaking news events.
  • As a result, we provide a broad and generous benefits package for employees at hire and in the years to come.

Company info

  • Our culture is one where collaboration, diversity of ideas, and innovation are encouraged.
  • We value colleagues who will enhance our culture by bringing new ideas, divergent experiences, and talents to our dynamic workplace.
  • Chicago Public Media is a 100% community-funded newsroom powered by nearly 97,000 members whose support makes our journalism possible.
  • We serve the public interest by creating diverse content that informs and enriches our community, supported by a dedicated staff of approximately 250 professionals.

Equal opportunity

  • Chicago Public Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer and we actively seek and welcome people from all backgrounds, orientations, and life experiences to join our team.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • ndent journalism is essential to a healthy democracy and that access to objective, fact-based news is a right for every citizen
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