Assistant Managing Editor - Business
Newsday Media Group, Melville, NY - Corporate Center Drive
The Assistant Managing Editor-Business is responsible for the development and planning of coverage on all Newsday platforms. The AME supervises seven reporters and the deputy AME-Business. The AME works across departmental lines, coordinating coverage with Newsday’s online platforms, alternative storytelling team and NewsdayTV. The AME is responsible for mentoring, training, motivating and evaluating team members to provide the highest quality, most-relevant content to Newsday consumers and the community, across platforms.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES
- Work with team of reporters and deputy AME to create unique content that leads to digital subscriber growth.
- Strategize ways to create access points for audiences that lead to more reader engagement.
- Coordinate, plan and present local, regional and national news in budget meetings.
- Prepare packs with story pitches for daily and weekend news meetings.
- Plan and direct daily and long-term enterprise.
- Edit daily, weekend, digital and possibly Page 1 stories/packages.
- Work with reporters on the front end for alternative storytelling.
- Work with the managing and weekend editors and other editorial departments to coordinate coverage and placement of stories in the paper and online.
- Supervise and provide performance feedback.
- Understand and carry out goals of the department and company.
- Participate in recruitment and hiring for the newsroom.
- Set daily staffing requirements.
- Interact with various departments, including news executives, online editors, layout-copy editors, Human Resources and other staff departments on administrative and other job-related responsibilities.
- Help develop and oversee multimedia Business projects for online (alternative storytelling, social media, NewsdayTV, etc.).
KNOWLEDGE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS
Candidate must have:
- Excellent line- and content-editing skills.
- Strong management and journalism skills.
- Proven, sound news judgment.
- Experience leading projects.
- Demonstrated understanding of journalism ethics.
- Understanding of the ever-evolving media industry.
- Knowledge of multimedia trends, especially alternative storytelling and social media.
- Knowledge of Long Island preferred.
EXPERIENCE
- At least 10 years’ newsroom management experience or related experience.
- Editing, reporting, multimedia and supervising a journalism team at a medium- to large-sized media outlet.
- Experience in local news coverage.
- Experience overseeing local Business teams.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
- This position is hybrid with a three-day-per-week, in-office requirement.
- Ability to travel throughout Long Island and the surrounding region.
- Driver’s license in good standing and reliable means of transportation are required.
COMPENSATION
The salary range for this position is $155,000 to $165,000, commensurate with experience.
Newsday Media Group is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants and incumbents are selected, placed, trained, compensated and promoted without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital or veteran status, or disability or other classifications protected by applicable law. In addition, Newsday Media Group provides a reasonable accommodation for applicants/incumbents with disabilities. Please advise Human Resources if you require a reasonable accommodation.
About Newsday Media Group
Newsday Media Group (NMG) is one of the nation’s most dynamic media organizations, serving Long Island and New York City through its portfolio of mobile and digital products, print publications and live events. With 19 Pulitzer Prizes and other esteemed awards for outstanding journalism, our mission and vision is to engage consumers and businesses by connecting them to the communities in which they live, work and play.
NMG properties include the award-winning Newsday, Newsday.com; amNewYork, New York City’s most widely circulated free daily paper along with its mobile app and amNY.com; Newsday Connect, the digital solutions company serving Long Island business owners; and Newsday Local Publishing, one of the Northeast's largest groups of weekly shopper publications.