Deputy Editor

Deputy Editor-LiLife/Act 2

Summary of Position

The deputy editor-LiLife/Act 2 is responsible for overseeing content for all platforms, including a standalone Sunday print section. The position requires experience, initiative, creativity, excellent organizational skill and strong editing and news judgment, plus the ability to mentor, guide and set goals for reporters and freelancers. The successful candidate must be able to collaborate with colleagues across digital, TV, print, social media and video platforms.

Essential Duties & Functions

• Editor will conceive of and/or get pitches for cover stories, including having several brainstorming sessions with TV, social media, photo editors and photographers.
• Assess subscriber/audience metrics and act on the resulting trends.
• Oversee special projects, including: Graduation Issue in June, Holiday Shopping Guide in November and Holiday Lights in December.
• Supervise and edit events listings that start on the opening spread 12 weeks per year (MLK Day, Black History and Women’s History months, and Memorial Day, etc.).
• Lead a team of freelancers serving digital and print subscribers.
• Help Newsday grow new and diverse audiences. Stories should focus on “good news” and trending content, education, finance, retirement, aging, history/nostalgia, affordability, living on LI, etc.
• Produce a schedule to keep team aware of what’s coming up and who is handling what.
• Run weekly team meetings to plan production, brainstorm and invite ideas, as well as go over metrics to see what’s working well.
• Monitor two section email inboxes, LILife@newsday.com and Act2@newsday.com, for story ideas, reader feedback and inquiries (in particular for Ask the Expert) and reader essays for the My Turn feature; respond to and/or forward emails as needed.
• Coach freelancers in setting up photo assignments, including brainstorming questions and prompts for videos.

Essential Job Knowledge and Skills

• Collaborate with freelancers, reporters and photo and video editors to conceive and plan video assignments.
• Ability to edit lower-thirds and video text, as well as video scripts, as needed.
• Work with visual storytelling editors to conceive and execute digital enhancements such as animations, profile cards, etc.
• Knowledge of AP and Newsday style while proofreading every page in the section, making corrections and fixing as needed.
• Flourish and dmDesk skills preferred, to help with alternative storytelling.
• Ability and willingness to work a flexible and varied schedule, including weekends, holidays and extended hours as needed to support newsroom needs.

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 for this role is $115,000 to $118,000, 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.