About the Role
The Hub Editor role requires a sharp, decisive, and collaborative editorial leader to support the Breaking News & Daily Editor in managing the daily news file across all formats: text, video, pictures, and other storytelling tools. This role is central to setting editorial priorities for the day, coordinating coverage, and ensuring the file is fast, accurate, and compelling.
The successful candidate will act as the daily traffic cop for news flow, helping to shape the pace and direction of coverage. They will decide which lines to develop as trunk, including directing string for trunk stories, or spot stories versus sidebars, anticipate legal and ethical questions, and ensure that coverage aligns with editorial standards and client needs. They will work closely with the Breaking & Daily News Editor to coordinate coverage across formats and platforms, and are expected to bring strong news judgment, excellent communication skills, and the ability to prioritize in a fast-moving environment. Additionally, they will need to anticipate how stories will develop and what clients will need next.
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Key Responsibilities
- Daily editorial priorities: Set priorities in coordination with the Breaking and Daily News Editor. Together with the Executive Producer, anticipate the next move in major stories and drive coverage ahead.
- Story development: Decide, in conjunction with bureau chiefs, which news lines to develop as trunk or spot stories, which to handle as sidebars, and in which medium; direct string for trunk stories. Maximize the value of field reporting across formats.
- News-flow coordination: Act as the traffic cop for the daily news file, ensuring coverage is timely, coherent, and well prioritized. Make fast editorial calls as stories develop and priorities shift.
- Editorial risk: Anticipate legal and ethical considerations as stories develop and escalate issues appropriately.
- Cross-format integration: Support integrated breaking news coverage across text, video, pictures, and other storytelling formats. Bring the right formats together around the biggest stories.
- Client impact: Ensure coverage meets the needs of a diverse client base.
- Innovation: Help drive smart ideas and innovation in daily coverage.
- Breaking news excellence: Deliver the Breaking News Drill across assets to win the story for clients.
Required Qualifications
- Regional expertise: Strong knowledge of the Middle East and North Africa and proven experience in hostile and challenging environments.
- Breaking news experience: Proven experience running a compelling breaking news file.
- Editorial judgement: Strong news judgment and the ability to make decisive, sound decisions under pressure.
- Coordination and communication: Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to prioritize and coordinate coverage in a fast-paced environment.
- Client and platform knowledge: Strong understanding of the needs of multiple platforms and client types.
- Writing and editing: Strong writing and editing skills across a range of news stories.
- Editorial values: Demonstrated commitment to the Trust Principles of independence, integrity, and freedom from bias.
Preferred Qualifications
- Major news leadership: Proven track record leading major breaking news, elections, conflicts, or disasters. Demonstrated ability to coordinate coverage across multiple bureaux and field teams.
- Video and cross-format knowledge: Understanding of video journalism, its importance to agency clients, and the requirements of cross-format coverage.
- Newsroom technology: Strong technical understanding of new technology and its use to improve the speed and impact of coverage. Familiarity with AI tools to accelerate research, verification, production, and news workflows.
- People development: A track record of mentoring and developing talent.
What’s in it For You?
At the company, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:
- Global Career: As a global company, we can offer a truly international career and progression opportunities.
- Learning & Development: On-the-job learning and coaching. We also have a dedicated training team focused on the continuous development of our journalists.
- Industry Competitive Benefits: We offer competitive salary packages and market-leading benefits including paid volunteering days.
- Perks: Work alongside Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists and a team that provides unmatched, award-winning coverage of the world’s most important stories.
