Science and Health Editor (Temp), NBC News Digital Job at NBC News, New York, NY

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  • NBC News
  • New York, NY

Job Description

NBC News is seeking an experienced editor for a temporary position overseeing its digital team dedicated to covering science, health, climate and space news.

This editor will oversee a team of three reporters and help coordinate and drive coverage across the digital newsroom and broader organization.

The science and health team produces a wide variety of journalism: covering breaking news during major weather events and natural disasters, producing drumbeat stories on the biggest issues of the day or week, and features that include original reporting and interactive graphics.

This editor will be comfortable assigning and editing stories on various science and health topics, such as the impacts of climate change on crucial infrastructure, the rise of alternative wellness influencers, groundbreaking studies on our understanding of how animals think and why the Northern Lights have been so intense recently. The editor should also be able to ideate on angles that produce distinct or exclusive coverage.

This editor will also be tasked with executing every step of the editorial process: from assignment and communication with other desks to ensuring stories have the best photos, videos and other elements to provide context to a reader.

The right candidate will thrive on being reactive to major breaking news and also proactive on the most pressing issues related to science and health, ensuring speed, accuracy, clarity and fairness. As an NBC News editor, you will be obsessive about keeping NBC News competitive on major news stories and reporting news first.

This role will work closely with other editors and senior leaders in the newsroom, and the right candidate will thrive in a collaborative environment.

This is a temporary 16-week assignment through Sept. 26 and can be remote or based in our headquarters in New York.

Other responsibilities:

  • Actively monitor sources of science and health news (Dataminr, Twitter, wires, internal communications).
  • Write and edit SEO, social and cover headlines.
  • Edit and write clean, fast and accurate copy, headlines and photo and video captions.
  • Oversee multiple reporters at once and make sure that each has a clear assignment and is producing a story in a timely fashion as laid out at the time of assignment.
  • Make full use of the range of NBC News resources, including network newsgathering and multimedia.

Qualifications/Requirements:

  • 4+ years working in a newsroom environment with demonstrated experience assigning, writing and editing science and health stories.
  • Flexibility on schedule.
  • Must desire to work in a creative, demanding and competitive environment.
  • Must be a skilled editor with outstanding communication skills.

Job Tags

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