NPR
NPR
NPR is a nonprofit media organization focused on public-service journalism and cultural programming. Its work spans breaking news and analysis across U.S. and global affairs, politics, health, science, business, and culture, alongside music, arts, and a broad podcast portfolio. With a mission rooted in informing the public and exploring ideas through storytelling, NPR brings together teams working across journalism, audio production, digital media, and related nonprofit operations.

Editor II, Network Desk — Northeast Regional News, Remote

NPR editor coordinating Northeast station reporting, breaking news, and multiplatform coverage. Shapes distinctive local journalism for national programs and digital audiences.

Description

  • Collaborate daily with journalists, news directors, and editors across Northeast regional hubs and Member stations
  • Develop and coordinate coverage with national significance
  • Edit, fact-check, and oversee audio, digital, and broadcast content across platforms
  • Apply NPR standards for fairness, accuracy, and technical quality
  • Coordinate rapid-response breaking news coverage across the Northeast
  • Direct station updates and dispatches for national programs, digital platforms, and hourly newscasts
  • Coordinate with major NPR programs, podcasts, and the digital news desk on story length, angles, framing, and scheduling
  • Monitor regional news cycles and maintain forward-looking editorial calendars
  • Spot emerging cultural, political, and systemic trends across the Northeast
  • Lead workshops, coaching sessions, and feedback discussions for Regional Hubs
  • Advance story ideas that reflect the Northeast’s demographic and geographic diversity
  • Manage freelancer agreements, story commissions, and reporter filing payments
  • Work with regional editors and Network Desk leadership to strengthen communication pipelines and newsroom workflows

Requirements

  • At least five years of professional journalism experience at a reputable news organization
  • At least three years editing regional or national daily news across audio and digital platforms
  • Proven ability to edit breaking news accurately and ethically under tight deadlines
  • Experience editing enterprise, investigative, or feature journalism from pitch through final audio or digital production
  • Strong editorial judgment grounded in fact-checking, balance, fairness, and journalistic ethics
  • Demonstrated ability to build productive relationships with distributed reporters, freelancers, or station partners
  • Experience editing audio broadcasts or podcasts as well as digital news copy
  • Willingness to travel up to 10% of the time
  • Excellent news-writing, line-editing, and sound-rich audio structuring abilities
  • Ability to give clear, constructive, and empathetic feedback to journalists at varied experience levels
  • Ability to manage competing assignments and make calm, decisive choices during breaking news
  • Familiarity with modern content management systems, audio editing software, Slack, and AirTable
  • Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience
  • Must work from a designated remote location in ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, or DC
  • Bilingual or multilingual fluency relevant to regional coverage areas is preferred

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits for employees and eligible dependents
  • Health and wellness programs
  • Paid time off
  • Financial well-being programs
  • Medical insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance
  • Long-term disability insurance
  • Short-term disability insurance
  • Voluntary retirement savings options
  • Equal opportunity workplace

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