Managing Editor

About the Opportunity

Managing Editor - Northeastern Global News

Northeastern Global News (NGN), Northeastern University's award-winning, fast-paced, daily news organization is looking for a seasoned Managing Editor to be based on Northeastern's Boston campus.

The ideal candidate is an adaptable and creative journalist with experience in top-tier media organizations, who will help drive innovative and timely storytelling, plan the news agenda, assign stories, set schedules, manage content production and the news flow and enforce deadlines. The job also involves delivering accurate and timely story edits across multiple platforms and helping to supervise a team of news reporters.

Higher education experience is not required.

The Managing Editor must have several years of experience working for daily commercial news organizations. The experience should include meticulous line-editing often under tight deadlines, factchecking, ensuring accuracy, and adherence to ethical standards, and helping reporters to conceptualize and shape high-impact stories. 

NGN showcases news about innovation across Northeastern's academic and research enterprise, including but not limited to stories about discoveries, innovations across multiple areas, such as artificial intelligence, health, engineering, computer science, data science, and the humanities, to name a few.

NGN covers newsworthy stories across Northeastern's global system of 14 campuses in the US, UK, and Canada. Stories focus on examples of leadership and innovation throughout the university in areas including experiential learning programs, research, teaching, and campus life inside labs, classrooms, and beyond. NGN also provides commentary and analysis by faculty experts on timely topics that captivate national and global conversations. It is a highly data-informed organization with ambitious goals and impeccable standards.

We expect curiosity, accountability, creativity, along with a commitment to precision and speed.

This role is perfect for a journalist who is well-versed in a plethora of topics from science, technology and AI to health and wellbeing, sports and pop culture. The person in this role thrives in a fast-paced environment, has great news judgment, and understands how to mold copy to reach readers across digital platforms. The Managing Editor will be adept at crafting compelling, SEO-friendly headlines and captions.

NGN is part of Northeastern's Communications team in External Affairs. Reporting to the Executive Editor of NGN, the Managing Editor is part of a team of journalists who work closely with media relations, social media and multimedia teams within Communications. 

The position is based on the Boston campus and is fully on site, five days a week. Remote or hybrid work are not an option. As is the case for every member of the Communications team, after-hours work, including weekends and holidays, is routinely required.

Key Responsibilities

• Edit a variety of stories including global breaking news, features, enterprise pieces, and articles focused on artificial intelligence, innovation, experiential learning programs, research, teaching and campus life, among other areas.
• Edit stories to ensure they are clear, engaging, and accessible to readers. 
• Plan the news agenda.
• Assign stories and set schedules.
• Manage content production and the news flow. 
• Enforce deadlines. 
• Help supervise a team of staff writers.
• Craft compelling, SEO-friendly headlines and captions.
• Work closely with reporters to evaluate and refine story pitches, shape coverage, and maintain high standards of accuracy.
• Help reporters develop reliable sources and maintain strong relationships across the Northeastern community and relevant stakeholder groups.
• Collaborate with media relations, social media, and multimedia teams to enhance stories with data, graphics, photos, and video.
• Monitor analytics and audience metrics to inform reporting and follow-up coverage. 
• Adhere to guidelines and fact-check thoroughly.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years editing and management experience with a commercial daily news organization (digital or print).
• Demonstrated ability to edit a wide range of stories with speed and accuracy.
• Experience assigning stories and managing content production.
• Strong source-building skills.
• Experience using AI tools.
• Excellent news judgment.
• Experience interpreting public documents, filings, and data.
• Ability to multitask, manage deadlines, and respond quickly to developing stories.
• Familiarity with digital publishing tools is a plus.
• Good to have
• Experience with multimedia or video reporting
• Data journalism or basic visual storytelling skills
• Knowledge of SEO and audience engagement strategies

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Additional Information

Northeastern University considers factors such as candidate work experience, education and skills when extending an offer.  

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

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With the pay range(s) shown above, the starting salary will depend on several factors, which may include your education, experience, location, knowledge and expertise, and skills as well as a pay comparison to similarly-situated employees already in the role. Salary ranges are reviewed regularly and are subject to change.