Supervising Editor, National Security

Position description

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Your New Role…

CNN is seeking a seasoned and versatile editor to help drive and execute coverage from our national security team for all platforms. We are looking for a journalist with a fast metabolism, expertise across the national security space, including foreign policy, US military and US intelligence agencies. The ideal candidate will have a competitive drive and will be a big thinker and skilled wordsmith with a track record of sharply framing to elevate text stories. This person must excel not only at covering breaking news on tight deadlines but also at guiding original reporting and shaping ambitious enterprise pieces. We expect this editor to help reporters land high-impact reporting with precision, context and nuance, and to write with clarity and authority. This person also will be expected to use video, images and graphics to tell stories in dynamic formats that engage audiences across CNN’s platforms.

Your Role Accountabilities…

• Help manage all aspects of the editorial work of the National Security team (which includes the Pentagon, State Department and US intelligence agencies), including directing reporting, vetting source-based information and editing drafts of stories for publication.
• Envision and assign reporting targets and stories, and guide them to execution.
• Work with reporters and producers to ensure reporting is fair and complete and that stories are well written and meet editorial standards.
• Manage breaking news with excellent judgment and decisiveness, including serving as a front-line editor of internal alerts, digital stories and headlines, television banners and social language.
• Edit distinctive stories with an eye for sharp framing, critical context, authoritative prose and engaging narrative.
• Pivot quickly from one assignment to another as news demands.
• Communicate clearly and coordinate smoothly with colleagues across the news organization, including control room producers.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert for CNN on ongoing coverage.
• Manage other journalists and ensure the ongoing training and development of direct reports.
• Budget responsibility and oversight.

Qualifications & Experience…

• 10 or more years of editorial and digital news environment experience
• 2-3 + years of management experience
• College degree or equivalent industry experience
• Exceptional editorial acumen and ability to interpret complex editorial issues
• Strong writing, editing and storytelling skills and understanding of storytelling on multiple platforms
• Ability to work in a fast-paced news environment 24 hours/ 365 days a year

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