Job Description

Managing Editor Raw Story delivers award-winning coverage of breaking political news to a national audience seeking fast, distinctive, and high-impact journalism. Founded in 2004, Raw Story has been recognized by Editor & Publisher as Best News/Political Column in 2022, 2023, and 2025.
About the Role
Raw Story is seeking an experienced Managing Editor with exceptional news judgment, strong leadership skills, and a deep understanding of the modern breaking news landscape. This is a high-impact newsroom leadership position overseeing a team of senior editors and writers responsible for driving Raw Story’s daily breaking news operation. The ideal candidate thrives under pressure, moves quickly without sacrificing accuracy, understands what resonates with digital audiences, and can consistently identify stories and angles ahead of competitors. The Managing Editor will play a key role in shaping editorial priorities, coaching newsroom talent, maintaining publishing standards, and ensuring strong audience performance across platforms.
Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of editors and writers covering breaking political and national

news

• Identify emerging stories, overlooked angles, and high-interest topics before they reach

saturation in mainstream coverage

• Edit and publish a high volume of stories daily while maintaining editorial quality and

accuracy

• Coach and develop writers and editors to improve performance, story selection, headline

writing, and audience engagement

• Make fast, confident editorial decisions in a high-pressure breaking news environment

• Collaborate with senior leadership on newsroom strategy, workflow, and coverage

priorities

• Monitor audience trends, traffic patterns, and platform performance to inform editorial

direction

• Ensure stories are optimized for homepage placement, search, syndication partners, and social distribution

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience editing breaking news in a fast-paced digital newsroom

• Strong understanding of U.S. politics and the daily political news cycle

• Exceptional headline writing and story framing instincts

• Proven ability to manage and motivate high-performing editorial teams

• Ability to balance speed, accuracy, and audience engagement simultaneously

• Experience working with analytics platforms and audience-performance metrics

• Comfortable handling multiple competing priorities and deadlines throughout the day

• Availability to work early morning hours, including regular 6:00 a.m. ET starts

• Ability to step into senior leadership responsibilities and operate independently when

needed
Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing homepage strategy for a national digital publication

• Familiarity with SEO, social publishing, syndication, and platform-specific headline optimization

• Experience in politically focused or investigative journalism environments

Benefits

• Competitive salary: $85,000–$95,000, depending on experience

• Health insurance with minimal employee contribution

• 401(k) with a 3% employer match plus an additional 3% employer contribution

To Apply Send your cover letter, resume, and clips to applicant@rawstory.com . Please include links to your best investigative work and share story ideas you believe deserve immediate attention. Raw Story is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive newsroom and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.

Job Tags

Full time, Immediate start, Early shift

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