Senior Editor, Higher Education

Job description

Posting Summary: The Hechinger Report is looking for a senior editor for our growing, award-winning news organization focused on innovation and inequality in education Job Summary/Basic Function: The Hechinger Report, an award-winning news organization focused on innovation and inequality in education, is seeking an experienced editor to oversee our higher education coverage. The editor will lead a small team of staff reporters and many freelance contributors, assigning and editing stories that meet Hechinger’s high bar for in-depth investigative, feature and explanatory journalism. The editor will help identify story ideas, make assignments, guide reporters and line-edit stories. This position also involves shaping our strategy for covering higher education, and for working closely with other editors, as well as web and data staffers, on ideas for new and innovative storytelling techniques and products. The editor will collaborate with our existing partner outlets, such as The Washington Post, NPR and the Los Angeles Times, and help us develop and maintain new partnerships. Hechinger is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Building a diverse and inclusive newsroom is integra...