Community Editor

COMMUNITY EDITOR

The role of community editor is an opportunity to lead a team

that is committed to excellence in journalism through service and

leadership in the community. The Daily Press, based in Escanaba,

Michigan, is seeking a leader that will serve the community and

our readers through effective local reporting.

The community editor will be responsible for directing the

newsroom staff in writing and producing a newspaper and

digital platforms that inform the community with timely, accurate,

interesting, and compelling news, sports, and feature stories of

local interest. The managing editor will be responsible for hiring,

developing, scheduling, and motivating the newsroom team.

We are looking for a candidate who is positive, outgoing, selfmotivated,

detail-oriented, and willing to quickly adapt to meet the

community's needs. This is a unique opportunity to join our team

and to continue to uphold the values of excellence and service

that The Daily Press has provided to Michigan's Upper Peninsula

since March 19, 1909.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Oversee all editorial department operations.
• Adapt to an ever-evolving journalism industry, which requires

flexibility, creativity, and implementation of synergistic solutions.

department strategy that focuses on local reporting of news,

sports, people, entertainment, the arts, and the outdoors.

team, which includes writing, editing, and website

maintenance. The community editor will help direct

daily coverage and lead a daily budget meeting; plan

long-term enterprise projects; work with reporters to improve their

copy; provide training and cross-training for various newsroom

roles; work with page designers to improve the newspaper's

appearance; write and report on important local happenings; and

keep the community informed in a timely manner at

dailypress.net.

and also its social media platforms.

high quality employees with an opportunity to grow within the

company.

departments to maximize efficiency and effectiveness of

newspaper operations.

Requirements

exceptional writing and editing skills, solid leadership skills, and

editorial writing ability.

community leaders, public officials, other department heads, and

the publisher.

To Apply :

Send resume and cover letter to smaki@dailypress.net

provided by The Escanaba Daily Press

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