Job Description
High Times Media, the most iconic brand in marijuana, is seeking a seasoned News Editor to manage the pipeline of topical news and feature stories on Hightimes.com. This position will work with our editorial team in Los Angeles. A successful candidate must be a news junkie with an eye on breaking news and trending topics, making sound news judgments on the fly, editing for style, punctuation, structure, and tone in a tight window, and crafting headlines that interest readers and retain them on-site. The News Editor will also coordinate with social media and video departments, knowledge of SEO is a must.
Responsibilities:
- Help lead High Times’ 24/7 news coverage
- Use strong news judgment to make decisions on coverage, and to find and assign stories to writers
- Edit news copy for grammar, punctuation, style, structure, and tone
- Craft headlines that people will want to share, not just click on
- Write stories where needed
- Manage an editorial calendar and a freelance budget
- Aid in the planning of content scheduling and production development
- Coordinate with other departments to facilitate promotion of stories across social media and High Times TV
Qualifications
- At least three years’ experience as a general assignment editor or home page editor at a professional news organization; or at least four years’ experience as a reporter at a professional news organization
- Excellent news literacy across a variety of subjects affecting the cannabis industry, from politics to world affairs to entertainment
- An eye for what is and is not a High Times news story, and a keen sense of High Times’ style and tone
- A solid sense of humor to breathe life and fun into stories
- An enthusiasm for cannabinoids
- Connectivity to a collection of available and eager freelance writing talent
- Ability to multitask and keep a cool head, especially during big breaking news events
- Willingness and ability to cover anything and everything, from the prison industrial complex to the Taco Bell menu items
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.