Editor Job at The Jewish Star in Village of Garden City
The Jewish Star - Village of Garden City, NY, United States
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Editor and Publisher, The Jewish Star at Richner Communications
Company Description
The Jewish Star is a 22-year-old independent newspaper and website committed to high professional standards. Our audience includes diverse Modern Orthodox communities in Metropolitan New York (Long Island, Queens, Riverdale, Westchester, and Manhattan’s Upper West Side and Upper East Side).
The Jewish Star is affiliated with Richner Communications Inc, a 100-employee family-owned company that publishes the Pulitzer Prize-winning Riverdale Press and dozens of other community newspapers, websites and shopping guides and maintains its own printing operation.
Role Description
This is a full-time on-site role for an Editor at The Jewish Star (with offices in Riverdale and Garden City, NY). The Editor will be responsible for expanding local news coverage, recruiting and managing staff and freelance contributors, editing and enhancing material from The Star’s wire services, and overseeing the publication process.
Qualifications
- Reporting, Editing and Proofreading skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Experience with publication processes
- Familiarity with what interests Modern Orthodox Jewish communities
Timing
Our current editor plans to retire this summer after 12 years and we would like to start his successor as soon as feasible.
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing
Industries
Newspaper Publishing
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