Full-Time

Standards Editor

Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

The Washington Post

The Washington Post

1,001-5,000 employees

Senior

Washington, DC, USA

Category
Investigative Journalism
Journalism
News Reporting
Required Skills
Journalism
Requirements
  • At least 10 years of professional journalism experience, including at least three years as an editor or manager.
  • A demonstrated record of consistently excellent news judgment and the ability to confidently exercise it under pressure.
  • Knowledge of Post ethics and standards as well as meticulous fact-checking, sourcing, research and line-editing skills.
  • A diplomatic approach to the sensitive work of looking into and correcting the record when we fall short.
Responsibilities
  • Help revise, create and enforce easy-to-understand policies and codes of conduct that offer clear direction to newsroom staff.
  • Help maintain the highest and most rigorous standards of fairness and integrity across all aspects of The Post’s journalism.
  • Exercise excellent news judgment on all matters that come before the Standards desk. Issues of importance include sourcing guidelines, including on anonymous sourcing; fairness and balance in stories, fair comment in reporting, issues around identity; and social media policies.
  • Advise reporters and editors on the most complicated stories and projects.
  • Enforce The Post’s corrections policy.
  • Work closely with newsroom leadership when policies may have been violated.
  • Serve as an authority on The Post’s stylebook across all formats, whether that’s an investigative series, an audio segment or a visual story.
  • Work closely with copy editors and senior editors as an internal authority on language, journalistic ethics and taste.

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

null, null

Founded

1877

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