Opinion Editor, CNN Digital

Job Description

Your New Role...
Opinion Editor, CNN Digital (Temporary)

Your Role Accountabilities...
• Developing ideas for opinion pieces, identifying potential writers, editing their work, fact checking, writing headlines, adding potential links and shepherding the work through the editing/vetting process
• Producing opinion articles in the content management system and selecting related photos, videos and graphic elements
• Posting newly published pieces on CNN Opinion's social media and working with the CNN programming team to place pieces appropriately
• Helping to maintain the Opinion section as well as a schedule of upcoming articles and events
• Finding more ways to engage audiences in opinion content
• Working cooperatively with the rest of the Opinion team and other digital teams, all CNN platforms, shows and units, including Standards & Practices, to maximize the quality and impact of Opinion content

Qualifications & Experience...
• Editing/reporting experience in print, online or in broadcast
• Strong news judgment
• Lively interest in news of government, politics, business, culture, science and the arts
• Must be capable of quickly reading and absorbing news developments from many sources and creatively conceptualizing ideas for opinion pieces, then working cooperatively with potential writers
• Needs to have the ability to critically edit articles on complicated subjects for accuracy

How We Get Things Done…

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The Legal Bits…
In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. $77,840.00 - $144,560.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and paid time off (PTO).

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.

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