Weekend News Editor

Location: Portland, Oregon
Job Category: Online | New Media
Job ID: 13526
Employment Type: Full time
Salary: per year
Posted: 02.01.2026

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About OPB
OPB is a leader in public media, serving diverse communities of the Northwest with fact-based, in-depth news and information about politics, the environment, science, arts, history, and cultures, business, education and more. Powered by the generous support of members, OPB seeks out a variety of voices in our communities and lifts up authentic stories of the people, places, events and issues of the region, providing context and a deeper understanding. OPB’s independent journalism and programs are available at opb.org, on OPB Radio and OPB TV. Follow us on Bluesky, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook.
 
The Opportunity
The Weekend News Editor ensures that OPB wins on the biggest weekend stories in radio, text, video and photos and sets the newsroom up for success for Monday and beyond. The Weekend News Editor will cultivate a newsroom culture where there is a strong weekend presence by developing and fostering a consistent approach and long-term strategy that enables OPB to deliver timely and impactful coverage of the biggest stories on Saturdays and Sundays. This person must be a proven leader with excellent news judgement and deep experience in breaking news. 


Position Details
The Weekend News Editor will monitor social media, the OPB news mailbox and other media outlets across Oregon and southwest Washington for the latest events. They will prioritize and assign spot story coverage on weekends, working closely with the photo, digital and social media staff to maximize visibility across platforms. This editor will also edit all radio and digital copy on weekends and sometimes write copy for radio and digital briefs. On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, this editor will plan for the upcoming weekend by spotting and planning for newsworthy events in collaboration with photos, video and digital; assigning and editing previews or “off the news” enterprise for weekend use; selecting and vetting articles from OPB’s partners for weekend use; and collaborating with photos, digital and video on all assignments in a midweek planning meeting. 
The most successful candidate will help OPB win on daily weekend coverage, anticipate known news needs several weekends in advance, and communicate closely with weekday news editors and the News Director to set OPB up for strong Monday coverage on ongoing stories.
 
Responsibilities 
- 20% Assigning, editing and posting breaking news and daily stories and supervising the weekend reporter to cover stories in radio and digital formats during Saturday and Sunday shifts. 
- 50% Planning for weekend coverage in all formats, including running a weekly midweek planning meeting, collaborating with visuals staff and other editors around anticipated weekend news or events.
-30% Selecting, editing and slotting partner news stories for use on the weekend and editing enterprise stories that will run on the weekend for radio and digital, possibly coordinating photos for those stories.


Working Conditions

• Work environment: Hybrid work environment, with in-office work taking place at OPB’s Headquarters in Portland. 
• Schedule: This is a weekend role, with a weekly schedule of Wednesday-Sunday. This position typically works from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., though occasional work outside of this schedule will occur to ensure coverage.
• Travel: Local, regional, remote location travel occasionally required.
• Driving: Valid Oregon or Washington drivers license is required.

 
Supervisory Responsibilities
This position plans and approves the work of reporters and producers, and supervises the Weekend Reporter-Producer. 


Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism, communications, or a related field, OR equivalent combination of education, training and experience that provides the requisite knowledge, skills and abilities for this position. Some experience in breaking news is required.
• 3 years of experience covering breaking news on a full time or part time basis in a daily newsroom environment.
• 1 year of supervisory experience in a newsroom environment.
• Exceptional time management, organizational, planning, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience providing editorial direction and developing a story from idea to final product.
• Ability to recognize a wide range of stories appropriate for OPB across radio and digital platforms, including follow-up stories off the biggest news of the day.
• Ability to think strategically about news coverage and prioritize the top stories of the day when faced with limited weekend staff resources
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with photo, video, digital and social media journalists to enhance coverage.
• Share OPB's commitment to covering all the communities in our coverage areas reflecting a diverse range of people and perspectives in our content. 
• Ability to work with digital audio workstations and office computer software.
• Enthusiasm for the mission of OPB and for the role of public media in a changing journalism environment.
   

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in journalism. Experience using digital audio recording and editing equipment.
• 3+ years of supervisory experience.
• 5+ years of experience covering breaking news on a full time or part time basis in a daily newsroom environment. 
• Experience editing reporters for radio or web. 
• Bilingual in English and another language, preferably one spoken in communities in the Pacific Northwest (for example, Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Vietnamese and Russian). 
• A voracious news consumer with a passion for journalism.
• Knowledge of major stories and issues in the Northwest.

 
Additional Information

• This position reports to the News Director, is unrepresented, and is benefits eligible.
• The hiring range for this exempt, full time roll is $85,000-$95,000/year depending on qualifications.

 
How to Apply

• Please navigate to OPB's careers page directly, at https://www.opb.org/careers.
• Once you have made it to the job posting via OPB's careers page, click the "Apply" button at the bottom. 
• You will be asked to create an account, upload your resume and any other required materials, and asked a few required position-related questions.
• Once you click "Submit", you cannot make changes to your application.
• The application period for this position will close at 8:59pm Pacific Time on Sunday, March 1st 2026.

 
OPB is an equal opportunity employer.

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