Sr. Editor, Emerging News Job at The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore, MD

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  • The Baltimore Sun
  • Baltimore, MD

Job Description

The Baltimore Sun is seeking an entrepreneurial, audience-savvy Senior Editor to help drive our emerging news coverage. This role helps steer reporting on traditional breaking news—such as crime, fires, accidents, sports, and weather—as well as timely, audience-driven stories that reflect what our readers want and need to know.

The ideal candidate will bring sharp news instincts, a strong sense of urgency, and sound editorial judgment to the role while guiding stories from conception to final edit, writing compelling headlines, optimizing for SEO, and ensuring our digital channels remain current and engaging.

Essential Functions

  • Monitors emerging news, assigns edits, and produces daily and enterprise stories in varied formats
  • Oversees direct reports, providing guidance and support to ensure strong, audience-focused journalism with
  • content that is fair, balanced, and compelling
  • Curates and updates content on The Sun’s website and apps to ensure timely, accurate coverage
  • Manages audience engagement tools, including newsletters, email and desktop alerts, and posting to social media platforms
  • Uses audience analytics and news judgment to inform content decisions and engagement strategies
  • Plans website and audience strategies for upcoming news events
  • Assists with the editing of sports and community news content as needed

Education and Experience Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in journalism or a related field, or equivalent experience
  • 5+ years of experience as an editor or producer ( news publication and/or daily or weekly journalism experience strongly preferred)
  • Prior managerial or supervisory experience required
  • Strong knowledge of SEO best practices and digital content strategies
  • Demonstrated ability to work quickly and accurately within a web-based content management system
  • This is a full-time, in-office role based at our Baltimore, MD headquarters, works shifts that may include nights and/or weekends

Application Submission:

Please include a cover letter and résumé. In your cover letter, please highlight three different types of stories you have worked on along with a brief description of your roles.

Please upload samples of your previous reporting/editing work, such as news articles, feature stories, or investigative reports, that demonstrate your ability to cover/edit stories clearly, accurately, and with compelling detail.

The Baltimore Sun is committed to building a diverse newsroom that reflects the people it covers and the audience it serves. Candidates are encouraged to highlight new perspectives they can bring to our team.

Job Tags

Full time, Shift work, Night shift,

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