ProPublica

ProPublica

Senior Editor, California

California, United States · Senior · Full-time

Work authorization required$150k-$195kDetected 70 days ago
Data VisualizationCommunicationOrganizational Skills

About the role

  • ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
  • This role will close at 12:00 PM ET on Monday, June 22, 2026.
  • The editor will hire and supervise four reporters and a fellow who will be based in the state.

Responsibilities

  • Providing support and guidance to ensure projects are conceived of and told as ambitiously and creatively as possible.
  • Helping reporters collaborate with researchers, data visualization reporters, engagement reporters and audience and visual staffers. Also collaborating with other editors to produce work that crosses regions and beats.

Requirements

  • Experience with - and an appetite for - collaborating, both across the newsroom and with external partners.

Compensation

  • The expected salary range for this position is $150,000 to $195,000.

Benefits

  • Previous experience leading a team, office, bureau or newsroom and the skills to foster a culture of inclusion, execute a vision and create team camaraderie among a distributed staff.
  • We're interested in the vision you have for the newsroom and for the impactful work we can do here.
  • Serving as a champion for accountability journalism and setting the tone for coverage in an important state with many untold stories.

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