Coordinating Weekend Editor - Breaking News, MS NOW Digital

Location: Must be based in New York or Washington, D.C., United States; regular schedule is 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday, with flexibility as breaking news demands.

Salary: $115,000–$130,000 yearly.

Company

hirify.global is a media and entertainment company operating news, business, sports, golf, and entertainment brands, including MS NOW and CNBC.

What you will do

• Coordinate with the D.C. and N.Y. bureaus and breaking-news teams to cover major stories.
• Edit and mentor breaking-news reporters during assigned shifts.
• Create and implement a weekend breaking-news strategy with senior and managing editors.
• Track the 2028 presidential campaign, candidates, reporter deployment, and linear TV plans.
• Lead live-blog coverage as needed and edit or occasionally write breaking-news and enterprise articles.
• Collaborate with platform producers to optimize reader engagement, headlines, push alerts, newsletters, and homepage presentation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant work experience.
• 7+ years of experience working in a newsroom environment, including 7+ years in a strictly digital shop.
• Experience as an assignment editor at a major news publication covering breaking news.
• Experience working in breaking news; political-news experience is preferred.
• Exceptional news judgment, strong writing and editing skills, and a deep understanding of journalistic standards.
• Ability to edit quickly and accurately and work across platforms.
• Ability and desire to work in a creative, demanding, and competitive environment.
• Must be willing to work in New York or Washington, D.C.
• Must have unrestricted work authorization in the United States.

Nice to have

• Political-news experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, high-pressure newsroom environment with flexibility as breaking news demands.
• The position is represented by the Writers Guild of America East.
• Company-sponsored medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k), paid leave, tuition reimbursement, discounts, and other benefits.

Hiring process

• External candidates may be required to attend an in-person interview with a hirify.global Media employee at one of the company’s locations before a hiring decision.