Deputy Managing Editor, News & Sports

Description

DEPUTY MANAGING EDITOR, NEWS & SPORTS

Chron is looking for a Deputy Managing Editor to drive our daily news and sports slate and assure our fast-growing site reflects the latest stories affecting Houston. The ideal candidate will have a finger on the pulse of the city and surrounding region we serve, and demonstrated experience managing daily digital news coverage and growing audiences. The News DME will work closely with the Managing Editor and other editors to ensure that all content meets the highest standards of quality, accuracy, and timeliness.

Your duties on the team:

Assign news stories to staff reporters, freelance writers and contributors, seeing the process through from the workshopping stage to editing and publishing, while assuring that content reflects sound reporting

Write engaging news stories that reflect sound reporting, voice and provocative headlines

Generate story ideas informed by knowledge of current trends, issues and topics affecting Houston

Plan out an editorial calendar that includes informative, quick dailies as well as longer-form news stories that are unique to Houston

Help grow young reporters and coach them on newsgathering, headline writing, and writing with voice and precision

Work closely with editorial leadership to set the editorial tone, assuring daily coverage reflects the brand’s vision and voice

Skills you would bring to the team:

Idea generation: keep fresh ideas flowing to assure the site is fed with compelling content

Local perspective: you know Houston well, understand what residents care about

Excellent writing, editing and communication chops, particularly within news journalism

Ability to oversee a team of writers daily, keeping them motivated and inspired

Facility with analytics tools and ability to unpack those metrics to spot areas of opportunity and audience growth

High metabolism for turning out must-read stories every day

Requirements

5+ years of relevant experience in writing, editing, and managing writers, editors or producers in publishing or digital media

Experience in, and understanding of, Houston

Top-notch reporting, writing and editing skills

Excellent news judgment and understanding of both media ethics and AP Style

Strong analytical skills and ability to use data to make editorial decisions

Experience managing or mentoring other writers

Facility with content management systems, analytics tools like Google Trends, social media platforms, and other publishing tools

Chron is an essential digital-first local news source serving more than 6 million unique readers a month in Houston and the surrounding region, including Galveston and the Gulf Coast. Once the digital home for the Houston Chronicle, Chron became its own distinctive site and newsroom in 2012, when HoustonChronicle.com launched. Focusing on stories that capture local culture and spark conversation, Chron covers trending sports, food and entertainment, travel, local TV personalities, real estate, space and more. Chron.com has become the go-to destination for metro and regional readers who are curious about what's new in Houston and what's affecting culture and life in the Bayou City.

About Hearst Newspapers:

With 2,500 employees across the nation, HNP encompasses a network of 24 daily and 52 weekly publications, including the San Francisco Chronicle, Houston Chronicle, San Antonio Express-News and Albany Times Union, several top digital-only news and lifestyle sites, marketing services businesses, and entertainment businesses such as King Features Syndicate.

At HNP, we are investing in new and innovative ways to tell stories – growing newsrooms, diversifying tools, evolving platforms – to support the millions of people who trust us each month to help them make decisions, take action and be inspired.

Be a part of something bigger – your headline awaits.

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