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The Verge is searching for an ambitious editor to reimagine coverage across the weekend.
Youll be responsible for pitching & producing series that make The Verge a vibrant, must-visit destination each Saturday & Sunday. Youll spend weekdays developing programming, conducting interviews, curating roundups, & assembling fun, smart, engaging weekend reads. Then on the weekend, youll cover breaking news & other exciting stories as they come up. This role requires working three weekdays & both Saturday & Sunday.
WHO WE ARE
The Verge is an ambitious multimedia effort founded in 2011 to examine how technology will change life in the future for a massive mainstream audience.
The Verge is part of Vox Media, the leading modern media company. We guide our audience from discovery to obsession. We inspire essential conversations about whats now, whats next, & whats possible.
As a community of journalists & storytellers, business professionals, creators & technologists, we believe it is a moral & business imperative to amplify voices: to cultivate diversity, equity, & inclusion throughout our organization & media. This applies to our candidates, our teams, our storytelling, our creative work, & our platforms, products, & partnerships.
WHAT YOULL DO
- Develop recurring series that run each weekend, working in collaboration with editors across The Verges team.
- Write & produce those series youll be the main writer, but our broader team can contribute, too.
- Coordinate with other editors to schedule stories across the weekend.
- Monitor the news & cover breaking stories & more on the weekend.
- Curate the homepage, making sure our site looks great every minute of the day.
WHO YOU ARE
Candidates should have a passion for tech news & a deep interest in how it connects to the worlds of policy, entertainment, & beyond. We need someone who can cover a TikTok trend as easily as they can cover a court ruling about the TikTok ban. You should have expansive ideas for what our weekend coverage could look like The Verges front page is a big canvas to fill, & we need someone whos excited to create a vibrant array of stories to fill it.
You should have:
- Newsroom experience as a writer & editor.
- A deep familiarity with our coverage areas, particularly consumer tech.
- A fountain of ideas for story formats.
- A great sense of organization.
- A rigid adherence to deadlines.
- The ability to operate independently with confidence.
- A sharp sense for great headlines & angles.
- An eye for great stories.
- The ability to move fast & pivot to meet the needs of an ever-evolving news cycle.
If you think you have what it takes, but don't meet every single point in our job posting, please apply with a cover letter to let us know how you believe you can bring your unique skills to the Vox Media team or get in touch! Weve hired chefs who became editors, DJs who became UX designers, & sommeliers who became writers.
WHERE YOULL WORK
This job is remote.
WHY VOX MEDIA?
WHAT WE OFFER
This is a permanent, full-time position. This job is benefits-eligible. We pride ourselves in providing comprehensive benefits to support all of our employees wherever they are in life. You can find more information about our benefits here.
This role is a part of the Vox Media Union, represented by the Writers Guild of America, East
OUR DEI+ COMMITMENT
Vox Media is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone can show up as their authentic selves & create their best work. We recognize that great stories, platforms, products & services come from people with all manner of backgrounds & experiences. We recognize that our commitments require ongoing work & sustained attention, as well as adaptation to new insights & best practices. We keep our diversity data public for the sake of accountability, transparency & communication. Learn more about our values here, & our approach to corporate citizenship here.
Vox Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer & qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, religion, disability, national origin, protected veteran status, age, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state, or local law. Vox Media will also consider all qualified applicants with criminal histories in accordance with applicable Fair Chance laws. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations as part of the application process to candidates with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation as part of the application process, please contact our People & Culture team (recruitment@voxmedia.com).
WHAT COMES NEXT
Our recruiting team will go through applications in a timely manner. Please note that our recruiting team will only contact you from @voxmedia.com email addresses, never via text message. Read more about how our recruiting team operates, & how to protect yourself from recruitment fraud, here.
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