Metro Editor

Job Description

MinnPost is hiring a metro editor, a new newsroom leadership position that will manage and direct the reporters primarily covering the Twin Cities metro area.

MinnPost’s newsroom is growing by 50% in 2025, thanks to new investments, and we’re looking to expand coverage of the Twin Cities and grow audiences interested in coverage of local government, the economy, health, housing and urban development, transportation, the environment and more. We’re looking for an editor who can push for both quick-turn and longer-term ambitious and explanatory reporting that has impact. 

In addition to coaching and developing reporters, the metro editor will work closely with the deputy editor and audience editor to plan and execute day-to-day coverage in ways that will reach and engage more Twin Cities metro residents through new editorial products and on the platforms our target audiences frequent.  

We’re looking for someone who is entrepreneurial, a great leader, collaborator and communicator, and is driven by our shared belief that rigorous, in-depth journalism that inspires and engages communities across the state is crucial to a strong democracy.

Relevant skills and qualifications:

• 5+ years of journalism experience in a digital media environment
• Experience leading teams or projects 
• Ability to multitask and work toward both short-term and long-term deadlines
• Excellent news judgment and the ability to guide and develop reporters toward audience growth and impact goals
• Strong editing, writing and story assigning skills
• Strong organizational and communication skills and a track record of managing long-term projects
• Experience covering local government
• Data literacy
• Experience in WordPress or similar content management systems
• Familiarity with content analytics, especially Google Analytics and Parse.ly, and SEO experience

There are great candidates who might not check all these boxes or who hold important skills we haven’t listed. Don’t hesitate to apply and tell us about yourself.

To better reflect the communities we serve, we seek to recruit staff members from many backgrounds and with diverse identities. We strongly encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and people with disabilities.

Benefits

• Health insurance (80% for employees / 50% for partners or dependents)
• Dental insurance with employer paying 80% of premiums for employees
• 401(k) dollar-for-dollar employer match up to 3% for all 401(k) contributions or eligible student loan payments
• Monthly phone stipend
• Vacation time off (15 days per year to start)
• Paid holidays (8 days per year) and floating holidays (4 days per year)
• Sick and safe time (12 days per year)
• Paid birthing person health leave (100% up to 6 weeks)
• Paid family leave (100% up to 8 weeks)
• Short-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Options for employee-paid dental, vision, long-term disability, and supplemental life insurance

Since its founding in 2007, MinnPost has established itself as one of the nation’s largest and most successful regional nonprofit news organizations. Central to our work is our focus on writing about civic and cultural issues with depth, clarity and context, providing coverage that gives our readers a deeper understanding of the critical challenges and dynamics shaping public life in Minnesota. 

While we’re more mature than a start-up, we’re often called to wear many hats and jump in to help each other when the situation calls for it. We’re committed to maintaining a healthy work-life balance and providing a place for staff to feel supported in their professional growth and achieve ambitious goals.

The priority deadline is May 4, 2025, though applications will be reviewed and interviews will be scheduled on a rolling basis.

Job Requirements

In this role, you will:

• Supervise, coach, and develop story ideas with reporters covering the metro and a newsroom reporting fellow covering race and health equity 
• Edit some freelance copy
• Work closely with the audience team to maximize the reach and impact of MinnPost’s journalism through robust planning for strong story presentation and visuals, distribution and audience and community engagement 
• Contribute to the newsroom’s leadership team to cultivate an inclusive and collaborative editorial and organizational culture that ensures our newsroom and coverage reflect the diversity of Minnesota
• Fill-in on occasion to direct the newsroom’s day-to-day operations, including updating and maintaining the editorial calendar and collaboration between editor-reporter teams and the audience team 
• Represent MinnPost at various live events, including moderating panel discussions or speaking to organizations, university classes, etc.

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