Senior Editor

Youth Communication needs an experienced editor to help teenagers write stories about their experiences that will engage and inspire their peers and inform adults. The editor must have extremely strong editing skills, deep compassion, an ability to see past challenges to focus on young people’s strengths, and a strong belief in the power of storytelling to effect change for writer and reader.  The teens at Youth Communication write stories that initially appear in two digital magazines, our general high school publication, and Represent, which is written by youth in foster care. Though all Youth Communication editors work with writers from both magazines, this editor will have principal responsibility for working with and recruiting Represent writers. The role requires strong organization skills, and an independent spirit while also valuing teamwork. The editor will also need to have prior knowledge of the foster care system or be eager to quickly learn about it through reading and talking with people in the system. An ability to build strong, mutually beneficial relationships with partnering foster care related organizations is a must.