Slate Magazine

Features Editor

Posted 10 Days Ago

3 Locations

Remote or Hybrid

89K-130K Annually

Senior level

Digital Media

The Role

The Features Editor at Slate will commission, edit, and generate ideas for feature stories, collaborating closely with staff and freelancers. The role involves extensive editorial work manipulating various forms of storytelling with a focus on outstanding journalism.

Summary Generated by Built In

Slate is hiring a features editor to expand our longer-form roster with standout reporting, essays, and other work that deepens our daily offering. We’re looking for an experienced, enterprising editor with a wide range of interests and knowledge to match. The ideal candidate will be just as comfortable directing tricky, sensitive reporting as they are fine-tuning a big essay’s argument, and they will have a strong rolodex of writers with a clear record of commissioning standout feature work. This job will also be an active part of the newsroom, with day-to-day idea generation and editing staff writers alongside the longer work at the core of the role.

This position is full time, on staff, with benefits. Slate welcomes candidates with diverse backgrounds and perspectives. The position is located in Slate’s offices in New York or D.C., but strong remote candidates may be considered. This job is covered under a collective bargaining agreement between Slate and the Writers Guild of America East. The annual base pay range is $89,000 to $130,000.

Key Responsibilities

Commissioning and editing feature stories in many forms, from reporting to analysis to a combination of the two
Generating a wide range of ideas for both staff writers and freelancers
Editing staff writers on both features and daily work
Supporting fellow editors on features and more, including keeping a tight calendar with clear deadlines

Requirements

At least five years’ experience working as an editor, with demonstrable feature-editing experience
A deep well of story ideas and an understanding of what makes a Slate story stand out
Top-notch organizational and communication skills
Smarts, kindness, humor, and generosity to match your colleagues

About Slate

Slate, founded in 1996, is a daily online magazine and podcast network that helped invent the voice of the web. Our strong editorial voice and witty take on current events & culture have been recognized with numerous awards, including the National Magazine Award for General Excellence Online. Our podcast network, established in 2005, produces more than 20 podcasts, including Slow Burn, What Next, Decoder Ring, ICYMI, and more.

Slate is an affiliate of the Graham Holdings Company (NYSE:GHC). GHC is a diversified holding company whose operations include educational services; home health and hospice care; television broadcasting, online, print, and local TV news; automotive dealerships; manufacturing; hospitality; and consumer internet companies.

Slate is an affiliate of Graham Holdings. Read the Graham Holdings Company California Worker Privacy Statement here.

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The Company

HQ: Brooklyn, NY

217 Employees

Year Founded: 1996

What We Do

Slate is a daily online magazine and podcast network that helped invent the voice of the web. Founded in 1996, Slate is a general-interest publication offering analysis and commentary about politics, news, business, technology, and culture. Slate’s strong editorial voice and witty take on current events have been recognized with numerous awards, including the National Magazine Award for General Excellence. Slate’s podcast network, established in 2005 with the launch of Political Gabfest, produces more than 20 podcasts, including Slow Burn, Culture Gabfest, What Next, Decoder Ring and more. Slate.com reaches more than 25M unique visitors and averages more than 40M pageviews every month. Slate's podcast network garnered more than 190 million downloads in 2022.