Content Editor

The Fort Worth Report, in Fort Worth, Texas, a nonprofit, nonpartisan online news organization, is seeking a CONTENT EDITOR to help run our newsroom and produce great journalism for the 13th-largest city in the country. We are an online-only newsroom with ambitious growth and sustainability goals in the next three years. This position will work with the managing editor to run the newsroom and oversee day-to-day local news coverage. This person will help shape daily news coverage and focus on leading our newsletters’ content and production.

This position also plays a key role in the Report's digital strategy by contributing to the newsroom's social media accounts and helping develop strategies for increasing our audience. The successful candidate will have strong newsletter (email campaigns) and social media skills, an understanding of SEO and a familiarity with analytics. Digital presentation skills and multimedia experience are a plus.

Because we’re for and from Fort Worth and Tarrant County, preference will be given to candidates with deep knowledge of our community.

Essential Job Functions:
This position will focus on two areas: editing and newsletters.

We seek an editor who can edit both complicated stories and daily turns. This person has the ability to improve both the copy and the reporter. Editing duties include but are not limited to:
Edit and publish reporters' daily stories.
Optimize digital content to grow our audience and membership and oversee the execution of growth strategies.
Ensure we deliver first-rate and innovative storytelling through proven digital techniques.
Use analytics platforms to monitor and improve digital engagement.
Help engage and convert online readers to becoming newsletter subscribers and move them through the membership funnel.
Candidates must also have an interest and background in analytics and other metrics to help analyze what’s working and what’s not. At the same time, the ideal candidate will be an experienced journalist who knows how to connect with our audience.
Be aware of the latest SEO strategies and help write headlines that implement those strategies to help our search performance.
The ideal candidate will have a background in mentoring young journalists and know how to make them stronger and help them grow.