Overview In this role, you will lead Style's coverage at the intersection of power and culture, shaping a narrative that blends politics with lifestyle and entertainment. You'll guide a team of reporters, balancing quick-turn profiles with long-form features to illuminate Washington's cultural moment for a national audience. Your work will fuse sharp storytelling with data-informed decisions and cross-department collaboration to elevate readers' understanding of politics, society, and culture. This position offers a chance to shape distinctive, voice-driven journalism within a fast-paced newsroom.
Compensation / Benefits- Competitive medical, dental and vision coverage
- Company-paid pension and 401(k) match
- Three weeks of vacation and up to three weeks of paid sick leave
- Nine paid holidays and two personal days
- 20 weeks paid parental leave for any new parent
- Robust mental health resources
Responsibilities- Lead and manage reporters covering politics, culture, and trends
- Shape quick-turn profiles and deeper enterprise features
- Set editorial priorities to drive conversation and narrative storytelling
- Edit stories across multiple formats including enterprise, features, and newsletters
- Collaborate with editors and reporters across desks for cross-disciplinary coverage
- Work with visual journalists and audience teams to present stories compellingly
- Monitor audience trends and performance data to inform coverage strategy
- Foster a collaborative, creative, high-performing team culture
Key requirements- Track record of editing high-impact journalism on culture, politics or related beats
- Experience managing and developing reporters in a competitive newsroom
- Exceptional editorial judgment and ability to shape stories for clarity and resonance
- Experience guiding both live coverage and longer-form enterprise or narrative work
- Deep interest in politics and power, and how they intersect with culture
- Strong communication and collaboration skills
- Commitment to accuracy, fairness and the highest standards of journalism
- collaboration
- communication
- leadership
- adaptability
- editing across multiple formats
- data-informed coverage / audience trends analysis
