Prince George's County Editor

About the Job:

The Banner seeks an experienced editor to oversee its expansion in wonderfully diverse Prince George's County. This editor will help lead a robust news desk for one of the nation’s most exciting and ambitious nonprofit media organizations, ensuring that this Pulitzer-winning newsroom continues to produce impactful, sustainable and urgent news.

This editor is committed to uncovering corruption while also elevating stories that highlight community progress and success. The editor lives and breathes local news and believes in being an accessible community leader. Just as much as this editor loves a good story, they also delight in finding non-narrative, service-oriented ways to inform a community. Excellent news judgment and editing skills are a must, as is comfort with making data-informed decisions and spearheading innovative approaches to growing audiences.

The Prince George's County Editor will play a central role in helping to cement The Banner as Maryland’s No. 1 news source. This position is designed for a seasoned editor with experience leading a team of ambitious reporters with kindness and directness.

What You’ll Do:

• Operationalize the vision for covering news in Prince George's County by emphasizing impactful enterprise reporting, urgent breaking news and must-have service journalism
• Consistently articulate coverage priorities and how they align with newsroom goals for growing audiences and producing journalism that matters to people in Prince George's County
• Initiate and organize coverage on critical topics with creativity and precision
• Ensure that employees are managed with respect and kindness, and play a key role in helping to develop career pathways for successful employees
• Greenlight, oversee and edit coverage from a team of reporters covering all aspects of life in Prince George's County

What You’ll Bring:

• A minimum of three years of experience managing and inspiring daily news reporters
• Impeccable journalistic integrity, editorial judgement and text-editing skills
• Demonstrated track record of overseeing and editing impactful stories
• Experience with public speaking and leading community discussions
• Modern understanding of digital journalism, including applicable metrics, off-platform strategies and audience-engagement techniques
• Ability to manage several stories concurrently and communicate across multiple divisions while keeping senior management informed of any potential issues
• Crystal clear communication skills, both oral and written
• Demonstrated ability to consistently meet tight deadlines
• Commitment and ability to contribute an equity lens to every aspect of people management and news coverage
• Willingness to live in the Prince George's County region

Salary Range: $100,000 - $140,000 Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by several factors including experience, internal pay equity, and other relevant business considerations. We constantly review all teammate pay to ensure a great compensation package that is fair and equal across the board.

Our amazing benefits include:

• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Retirement savings - 401K plan offered through Human Interest, with a company match
• Student Loan Debt Repayment Assistance for qualified employees
• Full health benefits - medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA/HSA., and coverage for family/dependents
• Sick Leave eligible for rollover 
• Commuter Benefits
• 11 Paid National Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program
• Generous Parental Leave
• Company paid access to a wellness platform to support mental, financial and physical wellbeing

Application Submission:

Please include a cover letter and résumé. In your cover letter, please highlight how your career experience maps to this role.

Our Core Values:

• Do what’s right. Honesty, morality, respect and the mission guide our actions and decisions. By doing the right thing, we inspire others to believe.
• Work together. We collaborate to create something special. Together we challenge assumptions, trust each other, take risks, and foster transparent and direct communication.
• Listen to be heard. Our stories are trustworthy. They are inspired by and created for our readers. Their story is our story. Communities are at the center of our journalism, and everything we do.
• Deliver impactful results. Acting as one accountable team and driven by an entrepreneurial spirit, we deliver bold and innovative results. We act fast, execute and learn. We celebrate great outcomes.
• Be inclusive. We celebrate the uniqueness of each individual and act by curating a culture that leverages diverse perspectives as the key to fulfilling our mission. The Banner is for all of us.

The Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism embraces diversity and inclusion, and we are wholeheartedly committed to being proactive in inspiring a culture of inclusion across our organization. We are dedicated to establishing an organization that reflects the fundamental respect for different ways of working and living, and we assure every employee the opportunity to reach their full potential.

We are dedicated to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodation due to a disability to participate in the application process, please contact careers@thebanner.com to request accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may include, but are not limited to, adjustments in the application process, modifications or assistance regarding job interviews, and accommodations to enable access to our facilities. We appreciate the value that individuals with disabilities bring to our workforce and encourage applicants with disabilities to disclose their needs for accommodation to facilitate a smooth and inclusive recruitment experience.