Newsletter Editor (Contract)

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ProPublica
New York, NY, USA
Consultant / Contract / Freelance

We’re adding to our award-winning engagement team and we’re looking for someone to change up our newsletter game, both in products and strategy. One thing that’s cool about this: We’ve never had anyone in this role before, and we’re excited for someone to bring energy, insight and improvements to our newsletter efforts.

Areas of Responsibility: 

What you’ll do

You’ll start by looking at our current newsletter, identifying what’s working and what we need to change. Then you’ll help put those recommendations into practice.

We also want you to think through and launch new products. Should we have a Trump administration newsletter? Should we do more with health care or technology or specific reporters? You’re going to help us figure that out.

You’ll be focused on knowing our audience, creating newsletter products for them and growing that audience and base of subscribers.

You’ll work with teams across the newsroom as well as members of the business and development team.

Skills/Experience: 

What we’re looking for:

  • You love newsletters and have strong opinions about them.
  • You know how to present stories with accuracy and rigor. So, journalism experience, especially involving hard-hitting stories that shed light on injustices, is a plus.
  • You know how to grow a newsletter list using everything from partnerships to content to leveraging analytics and email newsletter best practices.
  • You feel comfortable handling all aspects of a newsletter: writing, editing and producing.
  • You know how to use analytics to make your point.
  • You’re excited by the fact that this is a new position where you can experiment and put your creativity to work.
  • You’re a strong, fun, compelling and fast writer, and know how to write (and edit) for newsletters.
  • You keep your eye on the latest newsletter and platform trends and have ideas on how to adapt them to your work.
Compensation/Benefits: 

Commensurate based on experience. 

How to Apply: 

If all of this sounds exciting to you apply at https://propublica.forms.fm/newsletter-editor

Additional Information: 

We know there are great candidates who may not fit into what we’ve described above, or who have important skills we haven’t thought of. If that’s you, don’t hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.

We are dedicated to improving our newsroom, in part by better reflecting the people we cover. We are committed to diversity and building an inclusive environment for people of all backgrounds and ages. And we are taking steps to meet that commitment. We especially encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including women, people of color, LGBTQ people and people with disabilities.

This is a contract job through Dec. 31, 2018. The job is based in New York.

You can send questions to [email protected]. No phone calls, please.

Job Function: 
Communications & Public Education

Organization Info

ProPublica

Overview
Headquarters: 
New York, NY
Website: 
propublica.org
Annual Budget : 
$10-50M
Size: 
51-200 employees
Founded: 
2007
About Us
Areas of Focus: 
Arts / Culture / Humanities
Mission: 

The Mission
To expose abuses of power and betrayals of the public trust by government, business, and other institutions, using the moral force of investigative journalism to spur reform through the sustained spotlighting of wrongdoing.

Programs: 

ProPublica is an independent, nonprofit newsroom that produces investigative journalism with moral force. We dig deep into important issues, shining a light on abuses of power and betrayals of public trust — and we stick with those issues as long as it takes to hold power to account.

With a team of more than 75 dedicated journalists, ProPublica covers a range of topics including government and politics, business, criminal justice, the environment, education, health care, immigration, and technology. We focus on stories with the potential to spur real-world impact. Among other positive changes, our reporting has contributed to the passage of new laws; reversals of harmful policies and practices; and accountability for leaders at local, state and national levels.

Investigative journalism requires a great deal of time and resources, and many newsrooms can no longer afford to take on this kind of deep-dive reporting. As a nonprofit, ProPublica’s work is powered primarily through donations. The vast bulk of the money we spend goes directly into world-class, award-winning journalism. We are committed to uncovering the truth, no matter how long it takes or how much it costs, and we practice transparent financial reporting so donors know how their dollars are spent.

ProPublica was founded in 2007-2008 with the belief that investigative journalism is critical to our democracy. Our staff remains dedicated to carrying forward the important work of exposing corruption, informing the public about complex issues, and using the power of investigative journalism to spur reform.

Awards & Accolades: 
Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting
Pulitzer Prize, Public Service
AHCJ Award for Excellence in Health Care Journalism, Consumer/Feature
George Polk Award, Medical Reporting
Society for News Design Award of Excellence, Multiple Categories
Editor & Publisher Award for Best Use of Data
Knight-Risser Prize for Western Environmental Journalism
Edward R. Murrow Award, Investigative Reporting
Why Work For Us?: 

ProPublica is committed to increasing the diversity of our workplace as well as in the journalism community more broadly. We do our best to post an update on our diversity efforts every year. Here are our posts from 2017 and 2015. We believe that it is crucial to fill our newsroom with people from a broad range of backgrounds and perspectives, and are committed to recruiting and retaining people from communities that have long been underrepresented, not only in journalism but particularly in investigative journalism. That includes African Americans, Latinos, other people of color, women, LGBTQ people and people with disabilities.

As part of our commitment to diversity, starting this year we intend to formalize a practice we have already followed on most hires. We will interview at least one person of color for every posted job in line with the practice pioneered by the NFL and known as the “Rooney Rule.” Many other entities have adopted this approach to increasing their diversity.

There may be very rare occasions when a job is filled without a posting. In such cases, we will explain to the ProPublica staff why we did not advertise the position and, if relevant, why we did not interview a person of color.

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Listing Stats

Post Date: 
Apr 19 2018
Active Until: 
May 19 2018
Hiring Organization: 
ProPublica
industry: 
Nonprofit