Forbes believes in the power of entrepreneurial capitalism and uses it on various platforms to ignite the conversations that drive systemic change in business, culture and society. We celebrate success and are committed to using our megaphone to drive diversity, equity and inclusion.
The Assistant Editor, Contributors - Technology will help support and train some of our 2,500 outside writers to ensure that they consistently produce high-quality digital journalism on the beats most important to Forbes and its readers. This editor will report to the Senior Editor, Contributors, and will work across newsroom departments and in collaboration with Product, Video, Social, Audience Development and Newsletter teams to help attract new readers.
In addition to working with our Healthcare, Innovation, Science and Technology contributors, this editor will also work with colleagues to support and train contributors to ensure that they are following best practices for ethical journalism, audience development, multimedia formats, and other areas for growth.
Responsibilities:
- Assist in recruiting and developing new contributors with diverse backgrounds, expertise and experiences, and help vet potential contributors
- Work specifically with our most prolific technology contributors, including coverage of healthcare, science, transportation and other areas of innovation to increase their productivity and improve their quality
- Better enable contributors to consistently produce high-quality editorial posts and products on the biggest stories driving the news on their beats
- Support contributors on audience development, new storytelling formats, and other publishing topics
- Support contributors on journalism questions and how to use and optimize Forbes publishing tools to maximum effect
- Analyze audience data for strategic decision-making on coverage and provide actionable guidance and training to contributors and other editors
- Collaborate with newsroom colleagues on projects and impactful coverage that is authentic to the Forbes brand
The ideal candidate:
- Unimpeachable news judgment, cool diplomacy skills and demonstrated expertise in in Forbes’ key areas of coverage, especially technology, innovation and related topics
- Expert line-editing skills with an ear for voice and the ability to provide editorial guidance to subject-matter experts
- Background in multi-platform journalism, from working on newsletters and video series and podcasts to collaborating with data analysts and social media to increase audience and engagement is highly prized
- At least two to three years professional journalism experience in a newsroom
The annual salary range for this role is $62,400 to $65,000
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