SUMMARY
The purpose of this position is to assist the Director of Photography in providing photographic content to all our platforms. The Photo Editor also helps in managing the clerical needs of the department. This is a growth position at the Monitor, with support for expanding responsibilities and assignments as the individual demonstrates deeper capabilities.
The Photo Editor approaches this role with curiosity and open-mindedness and a willingness to set aside personal bias or prevailing consensus. The editor applies rigorous journalistic principles, and treats all points of view with diligent inquiry and respect. The incumbent prizes photos that promote calm over fear and insight over assumption. A Monitor journalist depicts the subject of the story fairly and without embellishment, and eschews advocacy. The Monitor equips the reader to reach his or her own well-reasoned conclusions.
The incumbent strives to uphold The Christian Science Monitor’s founding mission “to spread undivided the Science that operates unspent,” and its object “to injure no man but to bless all mankind.” That includes hewing to our five operational guidelines:
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The Photo Editor embraces our newsroom’s three culture pillars:
The Photo Editor consistently utilizes demonstrated technical expertise regarding digital photography. The editor works to support the efficiency and excellence of a small photo department that must work collegially as a team. The editor’s skills include:
The editor is attuned to what is going on among staff, including stories that are being assigned, and works to get to know editors and to be proactively engaging with them while supporting the photo department’s photographers. On a daily/weekly basis, this individual:
STAFF MANAGEMENT AND JOB CONTACTS
Supervisor: Director of Photography
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Education/Experience
A bachelor’s degree and/or relevant experience in shooting for news stories and providing support to photographers. At least five years of professional experience.
Work environment
Works in the Boston newsroom four days a week.
Engagement with Christian Science
Membership in The Mother Church is valued, but is not required. The Photo Editor respects that, while the Monitor is not a sectarian publication, it is grounded in the healing mission of the Church that publishes it. The incumbent is receptive to developing a deeper understanding of how that mission informs and uplifts our journalism. For more background, see www.CSMonitor.com/About.
Pay Range: $76,025 - $98,832.20 annually
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The offered salary will be determined by factors such as the applicant’s relevant education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities; and benchmarking, work location, and internal equity.
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification document form upon hire.