News Editor

Job description

Job Title: News Editor (maternity leave) Location: London: The i Paper is seeking a News Editor (maternity cover) to help lead its team of high impact reporters. This is a rare and exciting opportunity to help drive The i Paper’s news exclusives and revelatory reporting that provides deep insight. The successful candidate must have proven experience of managing experienced reporters and a demonstrable ability to get challenging stories and investigations over the line. They must have an innovative mindset to drive new formats and methods of digital storytelling, including through social video, to boost engagement with our journalism. The job specifications are: -To help develop new formats and methods of digital storytelling, finding new audiences where they are -To expand our visual storytelling, enhancing our social video output across our content -To help develop new ways to drive engagement with our journalism, and take the lead in embedding best practice -To manage a mix of reactive exclusive chases on the agenda, news features, and long-term investigations -To take responsibility for managing and executing complex and challenging stories, all the way from idea or tip to publi...