Sr Breaking News Editor

The Arizona Republic is looking for an innovative, high-energy editor to lead Phoenix’s daily news report, guiding a team of reporters and editors covering real-time news, topics rising on social media and issues of importance to our communities. Under your direction, the team will produce fast-paced, engaging journalism that helps readers navigate their lives, stay safe during public emergencies and connect with the community and world around them. You will make numerous news judgment calls in a day, from identifying stories and trends that are immediate, important and influential to our audiences to seeing big picture trends or the story that is not getting told. You’ll provide daily direction and leadership during breaking news events, often editing live and working with multiple reporters across the newsroom. Your work will be informed by the latest trends, metrics and social tools and enhanced by strong coaching instincts to improve and empower your team of journalists.

The position demands and will reward initiative, accuracy, urgency and insight.

Your team of editors, reporters and interns covers crime, trending, conversational and important real-time “stories of the day.” We want a leader who embraces tight deadlines and can help reporters deliver scoops, dig up documents, write carefully yet compellingly and showcase storytelling on different platforms. You must love covering news in any format, including live blogs, listicl