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About the role
This is a senior role providing comprehensive editorial oversight of our NBA news coverage, driving our unique reporting to produce distinct storytelling around the most prominent NBA topics and partnering with stakeholders across the editorial organization to optimize performance. The ideal candidate will have a strong affinity for the constant news cycle of the NBA and be driven to compete in that landscape.
What they're looking for
- 8+ years of experience in digital sports journalism, with experience at a management level
- High-end knowledge of the NBA and drive to compete in a highly competitive landscape
- Demonstrated experience recognizing, assigning and editing breaking news
- Advanced ability to generate story ideas that result in solid growth in engagement
- Works well with writers on strengthening ideas, strong sense of how to advance a single idea into a deeper story
- Advanced understanding of the following editing tasks: reporting standards, copy editing, story structure, recognizing problematic sentences, style guidelines
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About Us
Powered by one of the largest global newsrooms in sports media, The Athletic brings sports fans the most comprehensive stories about the teams, sports and athletes they love. The Athletic’s newsroom of 500+ full-time staff delivers in-depth coverage of hundreds of professional and college teams across more than 47 North American markets and all 20 football clubs in the English Premier League, as well as many Championship clubs.
This is a senior role providing comprehensive editorial oversight of our NBA news coverage, driving our unique reporting to produce distinct storytelling around the most prominent NBA topics and partnering with stakeholders across the editorial organization to optimize performance. The ideal candidate will have a strong affinity for the constant news cycle of the NBA and be driven to compete in that landscape. There is a strong preference for candidates based on the West Coast , and this position necessitates work on nights and weekends.
- Manage a staff of reporters and/or editors with an emphasis on the delivery of news and distinct reporting
- Drive creative ideas around the daily NBA storylines to advance current news, explore new angles and...
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