Sports Editor - NC Triad Region
Lee Enterprises Inc
Winston-Salem, NC
Full-time
Writing / Editing
Posted on September 29, 2022
Lee Enterprises seeks a Sports Editor to oversee our sports operation across North Carolina's Triad region.
This Sports Editor will work directly with the top editors and sports staffs in Greensboro and Winston-Salem to communicate with newsrooms across the state and coordinate coverage for online and in print. The focus will be college sports and high school sports.
This person will be responsible for assisting with editing stories and ensuring their digital presentation is optimized to reach the largest possible audience online.
The right candidate will:
• Be highly organized
• Be an excellent communicator
• Enjoy leadership and collaboration
• Demonstrate their ability to get bold projects to the finish line
• Understand newsroom analytics
• Be passionate about local news and the communities that depend on it
Other things that will be helpful in this role:
• Experience building social media audiences
• Strong copy editing skills and knowledge of AP style
• Basic video editing and production skills
Please consider applying if you meet most of these qualifications.
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 leading provider of high-quality local news, with 77 daily newspapers in 26 states that have print, digital and e-replica versions. Lee's newspapers have a combined circulation of more than 1.2 million daily. Our digital sites attract more than 44 million unique visits monthly. We also have a rapidly growing roster of digital products for consumers, and are committed to aggressive digital growth.
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.
This Sports Editor will work directly with the top editors and sports staffs in Greensboro and Winston-Salem to communicate with newsrooms across the state and coordinate coverage for online and in print. The focus will be college sports and high school sports.
This person will be responsible for assisting with editing stories and ensuring their digital presentation is optimized to reach the largest possible audience online.
The right candidate will:
• Be highly organized
• Be an excellent communicator
• Enjoy leadership and collaboration
• Demonstrate their ability to get bold projects to the finish line
• Understand newsroom analytics
• Be passionate about local news and the communities that depend on it
Other things that will be helpful in this role:
• Experience building social media audiences
• Strong copy editing skills and knowledge of AP style
• Basic video editing and production skills
Please consider applying if you meet most of these qualifications.
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 leading provider of high-quality local news, with 77 daily newspapers in 26 states that have print, digital and e-replica versions. Lee's newspapers have a combined circulation of more than 1.2 million daily. Our digital sites attract more than 44 million unique visits monthly. We also have a rapidly growing roster of digital products for consumers, and are committed to aggressive digital growth.
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.