Pm Breaking News Editor, Digital News

Job Description

CNN Digital is the most powerful news brand on the internet, reaching millions of people across platforms and around the world every day. We are journalists, designers and technologists, all united by a powerful mission to inform, engage and empower the world. Join the most trusted and recognized name in news and be a part of a dynamic global team of smart, collaborative and thoughtful journalists doing essential work at a critical time.

The Job

We are seeking a PM Breaking News Editor at CNN. The ideal candidate will help shape our coverage and identify priorities of the day, from delivering timely nuggets of information to contextualizing a fast-moving story. This editor will be responsible for assigning and editing coverage on the Live News Team. This position offers a reporting structure that allows you to work with multiple teams around the globe, from TV to digital, newsgathering to visuals and design and product.

The Daily

This position is primarily a breaking news editing role, and the ideal candidate will:
• Curate news updates around the day's biggest stories by leveraging CNN's massive reach and presence around the world.
• Produce some original reporting (writing quick posts from live news events, conducting interviews, calling to verify information, etc.).
• Work with editors to update existing news stories with the latest information.
• Create high visibility pieces of content that provide valuable and necessary information for our audiences around the world.
• Work across the network to make sure every update you put out has been vetted and is publishable.
• This position may require working weekends if major news breaks.

The Essentials
• Bachelor's degree in Journalism or English highly preferred
• 4 + years of relevant work experience; digital writing experience preferred
• Strong news judgment and copy-editing skills
• Ability to switch gears between several different news events on a given day
• Ability to write quickly and follow our style and standards of news reporting
• Ability to incorporate media into written content (photos, videos, tweets, etc.)
• Ability to adapt to changing protocols for publishing
• Ability to communicate effectively and have strong organizational skills
• This position is required to work in person at one of our locations in the United States. WarnerMedia requires anyone working in our workplaces in the US to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Exemptions to this vaccine requirement are available to those entitled to reasonable accommodations for religious or medical reasons.

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Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, and genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or any other category protected by law.

If you're a qualified candidate with a disability and you need a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for this position, please contact us at recruitadmin@warnermedia.com.

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