Temporary News Editor

Lee Enterprises Inc   Glens Falls, NY   Full-time     Writing / Editing
Posted on September 28, 2024
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The Post-Star seeks a news editor to fill a temporary, one-year position starting in June 2025. The news editor assists in the operation of our newsroom. With the managing editor, the news editor will direct news coverage; edit stories that fit various needs including online posting, news, briefs, and longer features; shoot, edit and produce photos and videos for online publication; and report, write and edit stories. The news editor will take the primary role working with the Lee Enterprises design team to produce our three-day-a-week print paper. General workplace diligence and attention to detail regarding AP style, grammar and punctuation rules are a must. The top candidates will have experience with BLOX and video production software. Knowledge of the greater Warren and Washington county area and management experience is preferred. The position requires some night and weekend work. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team at Lee Enterprises.

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Why Join Us?

Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.

Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 73 markets in 26 states. Our core commitment is to provide valuable, intensely local news and information to the communities we serve.

Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Lee embraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture of fervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net.

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply.