Tech Desk Editor

BuzzFeed News is hiring an Editor to lead its award-winning Tech and Business Desk. This editor will be responsible for shaping the vision and coverage of a crucial desk at one of the most dynamic and influential newsrooms in the world. BuzzFeed News’ tech reporters have won the Mirror, Livingston, Polk, and Pulitzer prizes. Our goal is to produce revelatory journalism that produces real-world impact, while maintaining a sense of humor. The tech desk is uniquely capable of reporting that can change policy, shape public discourse, and expose wrongdoers, and also tap into the joy, weirdness, and wonder of the internet. We cover Tech for a mainstream audience, with a focus on Millennial and Gen Z readers – people who have grown up with smartphones, understand that algorithms surround their daily lives, and know what an NFT is. The Tech editor will drive coverage that meets our internet and tech-obsessed audience where they’re at and also inform readers about tech ideas and spaces they know little about. Our coverage of tech is not only about the big platforms or the tech industry, but its intersection with politics, money, and culture, and the editor should be excited to pursue those stories. There’s a wide leeway for what constitutes tech and business story on this desk, with lots of flexibility and creativity. This is a leadership role on a team with the highest goals and the mandate and resources to pursue them to the limits. The editor will be responsible for the big-picture vision for the desk, setting coverage priorities, guiding reporters, encouraging them to take their biggest swings, driving innovation, hiring blazing new talent, and working with newsroom leadership to identify and develop new opportunities for the desk. You will manage a team of reporters based across the country and around the world. Your location is negotiable.