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On any given day, you’ll line-edit a breaking politics story, decide which pitches to greenlight, rebuild tomorrow’s publishing schedule around a news break, check what’s performing in the analytics, and reset the plan accordingly. You are the person who ensures the site publishes the right stories at the right time in theGrio’s voice and plans next month’s content strategy.\nYou are comfortable with AI-based production tools, but remain clear-eyed about their limits. We use them to move faster on the mechanical parts of the job, and we do not use them as a substitute for reporting, judgment, or a human byline. Every published word goes through a human editor. That editor is often you.\nWhat You’ll Do\nDaily editorial management\nOwn the daily publishing operation for thegrio.com.\n\nRun the daily and monthly news meeting and set priorities across news, politics, entertainment, lifestyle and business.\n\nServe as the editorial point of contact for staff writers, contributors and freelancers.\n\nMake the call on breaking news: what we chase, what we aggregate, what we skip, and how fast we move.\n\nHold the line on accuracy, sourcing, fairness and corrections; escalate legal or sensitivity questions early.\n\nEditing\nLine-edit and structurally edit across formats like short news hits, features, essays, explainers and video-adjacent copy.\n\nEdit for theGrio’s voice: culturally fluent, direct, and written for our audience rather than about them.\n\nWrite and rewrite headlines, decks, and inform social copy that hold up both in search and in front of a human.\n\nCopy-edit to house style, maintain and update the style guide, and enforce it consistently.\n\nCoach writers with specific, actionable feedback to help them become stronger writers next time, not just a fixed draft.\n\nStory development and greenlighting\nEvaluate incoming pitches and greenlight the ones with the clearest audience case; quickly kill or reshape the rest with a clear reason.\n\nGenerate original story ideas from the news cycle, cultural moments, search and social demand, and audience data.\n\nCommission and manage freelance assignments.\n\nBuild the mix deliberately: breaking coverage, service, and evergreen content, originals worth the investment, and franchise/tentpole coverage.\n\nEditorial calendar and planning\nOwn the editorial calendar end to end; daily, weekly and long-lead.\n\nPlan tentpole and moment-driven coverage (elections, awards season, Black History Month, HBCU homecomings, cultural anniversaries, major sports and music moments) far enough ahead to do them well.\n\nMaintain a healthy pipeline so the site is never running on same-day scramble alone.\n\nCoordinate with social, newsletter, audience development and commerce teams so a story lands everywhere it should.\n\nAudience, analytics and performance\nLive in the analytics daily - Google Analytics 4, Google Search Console, and our real-time tool, Chartbeat to turn what you see into traffic and interest-producing articles.\n\nTrack the metrics that matter for the business: pageviews, engaged time, returning readers, newsletter conversion, and revenue-relevant page performance.\n\nUnderstand where traffic actually comes from (search, Google Discover, social, direct, newsletter, syndication) and how each is trending.\n\nUse search and trend data (Search Console, Google Trends, social listening) to inform assignments before publication, not just to grade them after.\n\nRun a weekly performance read for editorial leadership: what worked, what didn’t, what we’re changing next week.\n\nTest and iterate to make a measurable difference using headlines, images, publish timing, formats, and document what you learn so the whole team gets better.\n\nAI-enabled production\nUse AI tools fluently in the production workflow: research and background synthesis, transcription, headline and SEO variant generation, summaries and bullets, alt text, tagging and metadata, style checks, and first-pass structural feedback.\n\nBuild repeatable AI-assisted workflows for editorial with prompts, templates and checks the team can use and be able to train writers and editors on them.\n\nApply clear guardrails, consistent with newsroom practice at outlets such as the BBC, Reuters and The Guardian: nothing AI-assisted publishes without human review and approval; AI output is verified before it’s trusted; AI does not generate reporting, quotes, or sourcing.\n\nHelp shape and enforce theGrio’s AI usage and disclosure standards and keep them current as tools change.\n\nTrack new tools and make the case for the ones that would meaningfully improve speed or quality.\n\nCollaboration\nWork closely with the Chief Content Officer and editorial leadership on coverage strategy and priorities.\n\nPartner with social, newsletter, ad sales and commerce on cross-functional initiatives.\n\nRepresent editorial standards in conversations about sponsored, branded and partner content.\n\nWhat You Bring\nRequired\n5+ years in digital editorial, with at least 1-2 years assigning and editing other people’s work.\n\nDemonstrated excellence as an editor. You can quickly restructure a messy draft, line-edit for clarity and rhythm, and copy-edit clean.\n\nDeep, current fluency in Black culture, politics and media, and a real understanding of theGrio’s audience.\n\nFluency with WordPress and digital publishing workflow tools such as Monday.com and Slack.\n\nWorking command of SEO fundamentals and audience analytics. You can read GA4 or Chartbeat and say what to do differently tomorrow.\n\nHands-on comfort with AI production tools and sound judgment about when not to use them.\n\nSound news judgment under deadline pressure, and the composure to make fast calls and own them.\n\nStrong embody organizational discipline. You can hold a calendar, a freelance budget and six moving stories at once.\n\nExcellent written and verbal communication; the ability to give direct feedback kindly and effectively.\n\nPreferred\nExperience at a national digital news or culture brand.\n\nExperience managing freelance networks and contributor budgets.\n\nFamiliarity with social media production and distribution as well as video workflows.\n\nExperience building or documenting editorial process like style guides, standards, AI policy, workflow docs.\n\nBackground in one or more of theGrio’s core verticals: politics, entertainment, business, lifestyle, sports.\n\nPassion for Black media and culture; deep understanding of theGrio’s mission and role of Black media in American history.\n\nCompensation and Benefits\nSalary range: $85,000-$100,000commensurate with experience.\nBenefits include [medical, dental and vision coverage; 401(k); paid time off and holidays; parental leave]. 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