Deputy Editor
- Posted
- 1 day ago
- Employment type
- Full Time
- Location
- Hybrid
- Closing date
About this organization
LA Public Press seeks a Deputy Editor. This is a job for someone who is rooted in Los Angeles County, familiar with the region’s complexities of culture and government, and is an experienced journalist and newsroom manager.
LA Public Press is a digital-native nonprofit newsroom based in Los Angeles County. It produces issue-based original journalism in service of a healthier and more humane Los Angeles. Its audience-oriented journalism is distributed through a variety of digital and non-digital publishing platforms. The publication boasts a rapidly growing audience of LA County residents, can
demonstrate local journalistic impact, and is broadly competitive in Los Angeles’ evolving local news ecosystem. Under the direction of the publication’s Editor-in-Chief, the Deputy Editor will be key to managing LA Public Press’ regular editorial operations. This means actively managing a team of staff and freelance reporters to ensure the publication’s reliable journalistic production. If this is you, it means you know how to keep copy moving. Reliable output of timely, unique, and legally defensible news copy is the foundation of this newsroom’s many journalistic products. The Deputy Editor is a key part of ensuring regular journalistic output for distribution on all our publishing platforms. LA Public Press aims to be an anchor digital newsroom for LA County residents. The Deputy Editor will play a significant role in helping develop the newsroom from its position as a promising upstart into a publication of command for Los Angeles County.
About this job
● LA Public Press is a hybrid work environment. We will continue to accommodate remote work within Los Angeles County with some in-person work once the company moves into a Wilshire Center office space in spring 2025.
● The salary range for this position is $84,000 - $100,000 annually.
● 100% company-covered health insurance (HMO and PPO), a 4% retirement match, FSA and DCFSA options. Three/four months paid leave for non-birthing/birthing parents.
● 12 days paid sick leave.
● Three-weeks paid vacation time at onset, with guaranteed increases in subsequent years of employment. 13 paid holidays. LA Public Press also observes a two-week end-of-year office close period.
● LA Public Press is an equal-opportunity employer, and encourages people of all identity and ability characteristics to apply. Reasonable accommodations will be provided as required.
Roles & responsibilities
● Help manage a news budget that prioritizes day-two enterprise reporting unique in our local ecosystem, aiming for at leat 20 original news pieces monthly from staff and freelance contributors.
● You will be a point-manager for editing LA Public Press staff reporters
● You will contribute to a newsroom spirit of coaching, both from yourself and other sources that aid journalist development.
● You will help conceive and edit original local journalism for distribution through LA Public Press’ publishing channels.
● Work with the publication’s Audience Director and team to prioritize publishing stories resonant with existing audiences, and how to use non-traditional publishing strategies to ensure maximum reach and impact of LA Public Press’ original journalism.
● Help uphold and maintain internal editorial procedures and guidelines, including ethics, style, and workflow.
Qualifications
● 5+ years working in news, and at least two years of work as an editor in digital news, preferably in Los Angeles County.
● You are a skilled newsroom manager, are familiar with journalism’s culture, and broader industry trends and challenges.
● You’re an expert at guiding journalists so they can consistently meet calendar deadlines.
● You understand how to publish legally defensible journalism, including with the support of media counsel.
● You have a track record of editing hard news and accountability reporting.
● You can point to journalism you have facilitated with rigorous community engagement.
● You’re a capable digital producer, and you maintain an up-to-date understanding of how information spreads across digital channels as diverse as LA County residents.
To apply
Submitted as email PDF attachments
1. A cover letter that introduces yourself, emphasizes your experience as a newsroom manager, and provides a few links to published journalism where you served as the primary editor. Share how you stewarded those stories.
2. A resume.
Send to Publisher Matt Tinoco at mtinoco@lapublicpress.org, subject line: “Deputy Editor application” by 3/16/2025, end of day, Sunday.
What to expect:
This is a crucial hire that will shape and steward the editorial direction of LA Public Press. Candidates should expect a rigorous hiring process, including multiple interviews with LA Public Press management and staff, as well as an opportunity to demonstrate editorial chops prior to a final decision.