Senior Director, White House & Capitol Hill Reporting

CNN is seeking a deeply experienced and agile leader to oversee our talented team in the critical beats of White House and Capitol Hill, to give our audience the most dynamic and insightful reporting on these critical pillars of power.

The ideal candidate will understand how to balance breaking news, identify storylines at their infancy to keep CNN competitive on developing stories, and conceive deeper coverage that mixes enterprise, explanatory and analytical reporting. The senior director will also have the critical responsibility of ensuring stories and reporting is editorially rigorous and presented in the most engaging and accessible way for our audiences online and on tv with sweep, context and clarity. The position requires someone who has a demonstrated track record of helping reporters find exclusives and enterprise while also being at the front of breaking news.

You will guide a dynamic team journalists that are focused on multi-platform storytelling to give CNN competitive reporting, standout stories and creative experiences. You will be responsible for ensuring the network is focused on the most critical storylines and events, guiding senior executives and programming teams both on digital and shows on coverage and the sharpest framing. It will be up to you to ensure reporting is not just competitive but vetted and complete.

The job requires managing a team of reporters, editors and producers on assignments, quality and complexity of reporting and writing, creativity in use of video and presentation, and positioning everyone for growth and success.

This position is based in our Washington newsroom.

Your Role Accountabilities…

Set direction of coverage across multiple topic areas in newsroom or beats
Vet critical reporting and sourcing, ensure triad components are engaged
Lead large team of beat leaders, correspondents, reporters, editors and producers
Ensure reporting and storytelling is competitive with others in tv and digital competitor set
Be aware of the editiorial landscape and capable of defining political dimensions of unfolding stories
Delegate and oversee team in breaking news, including both assignments and deployments in field
Communicate with digital and linear platforms to keep informed on coverage components, editorial developments and advise on presentation (banners, headlines, anchor copy etc)
Ensure story coverage befits intensity of story in terms of depth of coverage (main story, live story, digital video, tv packages, sidebars etc)
Coordinate with planning and enterprise to ensure coverage continuity and timeliness
Coordinate with senior management, public relations, triad on critical stories

Qualifications & Experience…

12+ years of editorial and digital news environment experience
3-5 + years of management experience
College degree or equivalent industry experience
Strong understanding of US political editorial landscape
Exceptional editorial acumen and ability to interpret complex editorial issues
Strong writing, editing and storytelling skills and understanding of storytelling on multiple platforms
Strong written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
Ability to work in a fast-paced news environment 24 hours/ 365 days a year