Managing Editor

The Wenatchee World is seeking a Managing Editor to lead our dynamic local newsroom with a rich journalism history in beautiful Wenatchee, Washington. We’re looking for a talented editor and coach to bring their solid news judgment and editing expertise to develop journalists’ skills as we tell our community’s stories through several digital and print channels. This is an active, hands-on editor and manager position overseeing a 14-person newsroom.  The Wenatchee World has a daily newspaper, two weekly and two monthly publications serving a four-county region in central Washington State. We produce several email newsletters every week, maintain all the usual social media channels and a few other innovative digital platforms. Our primary markets are the growing cities of Wenatchee and East Wenatchee. This is an area rich with opportunities to produce impactful journalism. We have a major agriculture industry, as well as big hydroelectric dams that produce cheap electricity, attracting massive data centers and cryptocurrency-mining operations.