Coordinating Editor

Job Description

Coordinating Editor
Application instructions for this and all current OPB employment opportunities are available at OPB's careers page.
 
 
About OPB
OPB is a leader in public media, serving diverse communities of the Northwest with fact-based, in-depth news and information about politics, the environment, science, arts, history, and cultures; business, education and more. Powered by the generous support of members, OPB seeks out a variety of voices in our communities and lifts up authentic stories of the people, places, events and issues of the region, providing context and a deeper understanding. OPB’s independent journalism and programs are available at opb.org, on OPB Radio and OPB TV. Follow us on Instagram, YouTube and Facebook. 
 
 
The Opportunity
OPB, on behalf of public media organizations across Oregon and Washington, seeks a creative, collaborative and highly organized editor to lead the Northwest News Network, a longtime collaboration that is being remade as a content-sharing partnership. The person in this role will work closely with editors at OPB, KUOW, KNKX, KLCC, Northwest Public Broadcasting and Jefferson Public Radio.  Your colleagues will be reporters and editors, and you’ll work closely with them to ensure the highest standards in audio and digital storytelling. In this position you will have the opportunity to collaborate with editors at public media organizations in both states and beyond to coordinate coverage and share great work. You’ll leverage your knowledge of the region and the industry to fill in gaps in coverage and cover stories nobody else sees. You will also have opportunities to bring in freelance work to support those efforts. 
 
You’ll make your mark being a trusted news leader who can identify opportunities for reporting partnerships and run point on breaking news stories that rise to regional interest. And you’ll use your expertise to design systems to improve communication and sharing of stories across multiple organizations.
 
This is a new job coordinating the Northwest News Network, and the person in this role will work closely with news leaders at partner organizations to figure out how the reimagined team should operate and to turn our vision for collaboration into real, tangible results.  And you’ll also communicate regularly with editors at NPR to help identify stories and topics in the Pacific Northwest that rise to national interest.
 
The right candidate for this role has an appetite for news, a proven track record of successfully participating in or running a collaboration, and the organizational skills to wrangle stories from across the Pacific Northwest. Above all else, they’re committed to lead with curiosity and kindness.  If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you!
 
 
Position Details
This editor is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the sharing of content among partners in the Northwest News Network (N3), a collaboration of public media organizations across the Pacific Northwest. This editor represents the interests of N3 and their regular duties include daily communication with partner organizations about coverage plans, compiling a daily note with those plans and potential shares, assisting editors at collaboration participants with sharing and audio quality assurance, leading a weekly meeting of N3 partners to discuss ongoing coverage of regional news and tracking local and regional news stories to suggest potential coverage topics and collaborative opportunities.
 
 
Responsibilities

• 85% - This coordinating editor is responsible for daily management of the Northwest News Network’s content sharing agreement. This includes daily communication with partner organizations over coverage plans, potential stories and forthcoming shared content, creating and executing N3 policy and guidelines for content quality and delivery, leading weekly meetings of partners to discuss coverage plans and any challenges to content sharing, and offering audio instruction to ensure quality levels are consistent across all shared content. 
• 10% - When news warrants and other duties allow, this editor will assign and edit freelance stories on behalf of the Northwest News Network. 
• 5% - Other duties as assigned.

 
 
Working Conditions
The editor will do the bulk of their work Monday through Friday. This position can be based in OPB’s newsroom or a home office in Oregon or Washington. Regular regional travel will be expected, including at least quarterly visits to the OPB newsroom if remote and at least one annual visit a year to each N3 partner. Some evening, weekend and inclement weather work may be required as news dictates.
 
 
 
Additional Information

• This position reports to VP News, Talk, & Podcast and is benefits eligible
• The probable hiring range for this exempt position is between $78,000 and $88,000 annually, depending on qualifications
• For the safety of our employees, the contractors/vendors we work with, and the public we serve, OPB has a mandatory COVID vaccination policy and all employees are required to show proof of vaccination.

 
 
 
 
How to Apply
For application instructions, please visit OPB's careers page. You will be asked to create an account, upload your cover letter and resume and answer a few position related questions. Once you click “submit” you cannot make changes to your application.
 
Your application materials are due by 8:59 PM Pacific Time on November 4, 2024.
 
OPB is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Job Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism or related field or the equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities for this position
• 3 years of public media journalism experience
• Strong organizational skills
• Strong news judgement
• Experience working with audio editing software such as Adobe Audition
• Commitment to high ethical standards in reporting and editing
• Enthusiasm for the mission of public media, OPB and the Northwest News Network

 
 
Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism
• Experience editing journalists
• Experience working in or with a regional news collaborative
• Bilingual in English and another language
• An eye for diverse voices and sources in stories

 

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