The North Carolina digital editor for Lee Enterprises leads digital content strategy and production across our eight North Carolina newsrooms, working closely with editors to expand the reach, frequency and usefulness of our journalism. This position reports to the executive editor.
Position Responsibilities
- Helps newsrooms think beyond a single story by developing coverage as evolving packages that can include updates, explainers, video, visuals, newsletters, social posts and other digital formats.
- Works with editors and content producers to identify opportunities to update, repackage and redistribute strong local journalism and to use approved technology and AI tools to make that work more efficient.
- Key leader on our North Carolina leadership team, which is based in Winston-Salem and consists of the North Carolina editor and Triad leadership, including sports, to strengthen coverage planning, drive strategy, improve collaboration among newsrooms and develop new approaches to reaching and retaining readers.
- Helps test and implement new digital storytelling and audience strategies, uses performance data to inform decisions and provides training and coaching to editors and reporters across the state.
Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
- Strong ethical compass, news judgment, quick decision-making, robust work ethic, and willingness to collaborate.
- Understands how to drive digital audiences to content and how to keep subscribers engaged.
- The ability to work with staff in Winston-Salem and Greensboro, as well as our community newsrooms in Hickory, Statesville, Morganton, Marion, Mooresville and Concord, both in person and remotely.
Education & Experience
- Experience building an online audience for a daily newspaper, either as a content producer, an editor or both.
- Bachelor’s degree combined with newsroom experience.
- We use Blox as our content management system, AI for brainstorming, reframing existing content and tweaking headlines, and Grammarly to assist with editing. A familiarity with these is a plus, as is hands-on experience with social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and X.
Why Join Us?
Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.
Lee Enterprises is a leading provider of local news and information and a major subscription and advertising platform, with daily and weekly newspapers and rapidly expanding digital products serving 114 markets across 25 states. Our core commitment is to provide valuable, intensely local news and information to the communities we serve.
Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We respect and celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net.
Skills Required
- Experience building an online audience for a daily newspaper as a content producer, editor, or both
- Bachelor's degree combined with newsroom experience
- Strong news judgment, ethical decision-making, collaboration, and work ethic
- Understanding of digital audience growth and subscriber engagement
- Ability to work with staff across multiple North Carolina newsrooms, both in person and remotely
- Familiarity with Blox content management system
- Familiarity with AI tools for brainstorming, reframing content, and editing headlines
- Familiarity with Grammarly
- Hands-on experience with Facebook, Instagram, and X
What We Do
BH Media Group operates 71 newspapers and other titles located in 10 states.
