Miami New Times Is Hiring an Editor-in-Chief to Lead Our Newsroom

Miami New Times is a cultural touchstone in South Florida. We’ve got a hard-earned reputation for publishing compelling stories, whether they’re insightful looks at local arts and entertainment, food scene happenings, or unflinching exposés.

Now we’re looking for an editor-in-chief to lead our talented staff, continue New Times’ proud tradition of hard-hitting local reporting, features, lists, and guides across news, culture, music, and food, and take the newsroom to the next level of digital-first journalism.

Successful candidates will possess a well-honed storytelling sense and experience in editing; significant experience in hard news and investigative reporting; experience managing a newsroom with the ability to support, manage, and motivate creative personnel; and an appreciation for the adrenaline rush of daily digital journalism. 

The editor-in-chief is based in our Miami newsroom. Remote candidates will not be considered. The salary range is $90,000-$100,000 and includes a comprehensive benefits package with medical, dental, retirement, paid time off (sick, personal, and vacation), and more.

This position reports to the Editorial Director and works closely with both the Editorial Director and the Editorial Operations Director on budgets, newsroom performance, and management.

Miami New Times is weekly in print and daily online. Always free.  

Who You Are

• Significant experience in editing and personnel management is a prerequisite for this position. Ideal candidates will have at least eight years of newsroom experience with at least four years of full-time experience managing journalists and editing breaking, daily, and enterprise stories.
• A working knowledge of — or eagerness to immerse yourself in — the character, people, politics, and culture of Miami and South Florida.
• A curious journalist interested in learning about our coverage areas, and one who stays current on Miami and topics including politics, public health, criminal justice, food and drink, cannabis, government, environment, music, arts and culture, and more.
• A journalist with a track record of crafting breaking stories on deadline with crisp writing and the ability to tell stories about people impacted by what you’re covering.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage a diverse newsroom — editors, writers, and freelancers. Our stories range from quick-hit breaking news and trending stories to enterprise, investigative, or feature stories that can take a week or more to report. 
• Manage the newsroom’s budget, productivity, and performance.
• Ability to strategize on content, reading data analytics to understand what our readers want to read about, and inspire an editor to make content changes as needed if readership is dropping.
• Collaborate with the Audience team to ensure that SEO best practices are consistently implemented across the newsroom in each story, and that trending news is covered in a timely manner. You’ll also work closely with the Audience team to promote the newsroom’s membership program, which is made up of readers who give to support our newsroom (and get cool perks).
• Oversee the weekly print product, special issues, and online visuals.
• Efficiently edit stories for structure, line editing, and copy editing so they read clearly and concisely and are free of factual and grammatical errors and typos. Ensure the optimal use of headlines, photography, and art to capture readers’ attention and keep them engaged.
• Meet with editors and reporters on a weekly basis to discuss story ideas, cover story selections, and any other items that should be discussed with staff, such as performance toward goals. 
• Coach editors and reporters through any part of the pitching, reporting, writing, editing, or production process. Deliver feedback to them on their work.
• Lead our Best of Miami special issue development, along with the Top Bars and Top Restaurants special issues.
• Build broad and diverse relationships so that sources, story ideas, research, and reporting reflect diverse communities.
• Be active in the community and represent Miami New Times at networking events or by appearing on news segments, podcasts, etc., to talk about our journalism.

Our commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Miami New Times believes our journalism will best serve our communities with a culturally diverse staff and freelancers who offer a range of voices. We are committed to creating and sustaining an environment of inclusion, diversity, empowerment, and equality. We are at our best when all our team members are respected and included, regardless of race, age, ethnicity, religion, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, and national origin. Women, veterans, people with disabilities, people of color, and gender-nonconforming candidates are highly encouraged to apply.

Think you’ve got what it takes? Email a cover letter explaining why you’re the strongest candidate, a resume, and links to three stories you reported and three stories you edited (along with a few sentences explaining the backstory of each piece and your role with it) to MIA-editor-in-chief@voicemediagroup.com.