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Managing Editor


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San Antonio, TX | United States


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The San Antonio Report, an award-winning nonprofit news outlet in the nation’s seventh-largest city, is seeking a dynamic Managing Editor to oversee daily newsroom operations and high-impact local journalism. The San Antonio Report offers competitive pay, full benefits and generous paid time off, and also embraces a collaborative work culture. Along with the Editor in Chief, the Managing Editor leads a team of 14 journalists and ensures that the San Antonio Report publishes daily community-minded news, with primary responsibility for the newsroom staff schedule, delivering on the Report’s content strategy and upholding our editorial standards. The Managing Editor is a member of the San Antonio Report’s senior leadership team, contributing significantly to organizational strategy and priorities. They also conduct performance reviews with the Editor in Chief, as well as coaching and mentoring team members to improve their skills to benefit the organization. The ideal candidate will be a talented, versatile journalist and proven newsroom leader, able to sift through the news of the day to determine how best to cover the city of San Antonio across the Report’s beats. They will also be adept at allocating staff resources to best align with the mission of informing San Antonians with well-reported coverage on local government and politics, business, development, education, arts and culture, community reporting and more. In big news moments like election nights and breaking stories, the Managing Editor is responsible for developing a strategy to produce excellent news coverage that serves the San Antonio region. The Managing Editor must have a strong sense of what makes a San Antonio Report story unique, steering our newsroom to produce stories with impact by focusing on where we can add value to the community with thoughtful reporting that readers won’t find anywhere else. SKILL/EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS: 

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: The San Antonio Report is San Antonio’s leading local online news source. Nonprofit and nonpartisan, the site is open to all readers, with no paywall or registration required. We are committed to earning readers’ time and trust by providing useful and informative news, insights and perspectives they won't find anywhere else, always aiming to spur interest and action in the community around us. We are highly engaged with our community and host events throughout the year with city thought leaders and officials. We’re a small and close-knit staff that takes kindness and collegiality seriously. This is a full-time, exempt position and is based in San Antonio, Texas. The minimum starting salary for this position is $85,000 and is commensurate with experience and skill set. Some of the benefits employees enjoy are generous personal time off, 10 paid holidays, health benefits, a 401(k) plan, and paid parental leave. If this sounds like the place and position for you, please send a cover letter, résumé and list of three references to: [email protected] and include “Managing Editor” in the email subject line. The deadline to apply is March 20, 2024. The San Antonio Report is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, political affiliation, religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, disability, and/or sexual orientation.


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