Responsibilities
- Serve as second-in-command of TMP’s local newsrooms, working closely with reporters to tap into the local community – with a particular emphasis on the justice-affected community – and to help shape and edit local investigations.
- Help oversee a team of investigative reporters in TMP’s local newsrooms in Cleveland, Jackson and St. Louis.
- Help deepen our engagement strategy in each city, working with reporters to establish relationships with members of the community and identify themes for accountability-driven stories.
- Uphold high editorial standards for our local newsrooms, helping reporters conceive and execute high-level, high-impact investigative work focused on inequities within the justice system, with the goal of driving meaningful change on the issues that matter most to our local audience.
- Work with the Deputy Managing Editor, Local and Engagement to identify common themes from the local newsrooms that could lend themselves to joint efforts and potentially investigations on a national scale that hold the powerful accountable.
- Collaborate seamlessly with departments across the newsroom in the production and dissemination of locally produced work, ensuring the coordination required to produce multimedia content on several different platforms.
- Coordinate with editors and reporters across The Marshall Project newsroom on engagement efforts surrounding national investigative projects.
- Coordinate closely with the director of audience on a plan to establish TMP – and, as appropriate, individual reporters – as a brand in each city, and develop a social media plan to drive local readership.
- Travel regularly to meet with local reporters and the communities they cover.
Requirements
- Experienced editor with a background in overseeing local newsrooms and investigative journalism.
- Proven ability to work closely with reporters to shape and edit local investigations.
- Demonstrated commitment to engagement with justice-affected communities, including the incarcerated, formerly incarcerated, their families, and communities with high incarceration and poverty rates.
- Ability to uphold high editorial standards while producing investigative work focused on inequities within the justice system.
- Experience collaborating across departments to produce and distribute multimedia content on multiple platforms.
- Willingness and ability to travel regularly to Cleveland, Jackson, and St. Louis.
Nice to Have
- Experience working with national investigative projects and coordinating engagement strategies across regions.
- Experience developing social media plans and audience growth strategies in local markets.
- Track record of building trust with marginalized communities without compromising journalistic integrity.
Work Arrangement
Remote (City/Region)
Team
Structure: Reports to the Deputy Managing Editor, Local and Engagement. Works closely with reporters in local newsrooms and collaborates with departments across the newsroom.
Additional Information
- Travel regularly to meet with local reporters and the communities they cover.
