Business & Finance Editor - Salon.com
Salon.com, LLC, New York, NY USA
Salary: Full-time salaried position: $72,000 - $85,000, based on experience. Full benefits package, including unlimited PTO.
Duration: Full Time
Salon is looking for an editor to join our award-winning editorial team and help re-imagine our coverage of money, personal finance, business and the economy. The ideal candidate is both a collaborative team player and a self-starter who has worked in a deadline-driven, digital-first environment. This is our first hire for a re-launched Money section (previously called Economy & Innovation) and will play a key role in helping to shape it.
Responsibilities
Monitor news, trends, and issues within business, the economy, and personal finance subject areas to pitch and assign stories that make complex and contradictory issues make sense for our readers, challenge conventional wisdom, and empower readers to make sound decisions about money.
Responsible for writing, assigning, and editing the work of freelance writers
Cultivate and maintain professional relationships with a network of freelance and staff writers.
In collaboration with the editorial leadership, you will develop and implement a multi-pronged editorial strategy to maximize search, social, and recirculation traffic.
Additional Information
- The position is covered under Salon’s Writers Guild of America, East, Collective Bargaining Agreement.
- Must be legally able to work in the U.S.
- Regular Monday-Friday schedule with occasional (3x/year) weekend and holiday on-call availability.
Requirements
- 5+ years of professional journalism experience, with a focus on business or finance reporting (cryptocurrency experience is a plus).
- Strong writing skills for digital publications.
- Excellent editing, fact-checking, and proofreading skills, with expertise in AP Style.
- Knowledge of professional journalism standards and best practices.
- Understanding of Salon’s voice and editorial mission.
- Proficiency in digital analytics tools (e.g., Chartbeat) and CMS.
- Effective communication skills.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent newsroom training.
About Salon.com, LLC
Salon has driven the national conversation since 1995 through its fearless journalism and, more recently, original video, distributed across Salon.com, social media, news platforms and mobile apps. Salon’s award-winning content reaches an audience of approximately 10 million monthly unique visitors.
Salon covers breaking news, politics, entertainment, culture, and technology through investigative reporting, commentary, criticism, and provocative personal essays. Our articles and original videos bring a variety of voices to the discussion and make the conversation smarter.
One of the first entirely digital major media outlets, Salon continues to lead media innovation—from community engagement to new storytelling platforms and devices to a variety of advertising solutions. Access to our content is free of charge thanks to programmatic advertising revenue. Salon also offers the option of a monthly subscription for the fans who prefer an ad-free experience.