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About the Role

The Times Union is seeking a bold, innovative deputy managing editor to lead its award-winning statehouse team, engaging audiences in understanding New York government operations and politics. This player-coach position demands initiative, accuracy, and insight, requiring a strong understanding of the personalities and policies driving the news.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively with editors, reporters, photographers, and audience team members to tell impactful stories across platforms that engage and retain both regional subscribers and a statewide audience.
• Work quickly and effectively to break news online while helping the team produce agenda-setting enterprise and watchdog work.
• Demonstrate an ability to manage the team while making time for personal bylines.
• Model and encourage responsible use of AI tools to assist and enhance human-crafted journalism.
• Demonstrate comfort with analysis of web and social metrics, using data to inform coverage decisions and content promotion.
• Oversee the weekday production of the Capitol Confidential newsletter.

Requirements

• A minimum of 10 years' experience editing, reporting, and writing on government and politics in a competitive environment.
• Excellent news judgment and understanding of media ethics and law.

Skills

• Solid news judgment.
• Strong understanding of the personalities and policies driving the news.
• An understanding of how news stories unfold across platforms.
• Strong sense of the importance of lucidly explaining the often byzantine workings of state government.
• Ability to make real-time coverage decisions in a daily news environment.
• Passion for journalism that upholds truth and accountability and is grounded in the mission to inform the public.
• Crisp, concise writing skills.
• Diligent reporting with an understanding of AP style.

Location

• Albany area of upstate New York

Work Type

• Hybrid/Onsite

Experience Level

• 10 years of experience editing, reporting, and writing on government and politics

Education Level

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Journalism, Communications, English, or the real-world equivalent

Salary/Compensations

• $95K to $110K

About the Company

• The Times Union is investing in its statehouse coverage.
• This role provides a unique opportunity for a journalist to expand that reach while remaining rooted in a state capital city and the surrounding region.
• The Times Union is committed to growing and retaining a more diverse workforce that better reflects the communities we serve.

Equal Opportunity

• We strongly encourage all people of working age who are traditionally underrepresented in the media to apply, including women, people of color, applicants with disabilities, those from the LGBTQ+ community and veterans.
• Some great candidates may not check all the boxes for this role. If you’re passionate, dedicated and interested in working with us but don’t have all the skills listed here, please still reach out and tell us more about what you bring to the table.