Senior Editor
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 15, 2026. First seen by Alion on Aug 31, 2026.
The Atlantic is seeking a creative and entrepreneurial senior editor. This editor will oversee and expand Dispatches, the opening section of the print magazine. The editor will be expected to generate a wide range of ideas for arguments, columns, and regular features; edit and top-edit the articles that make up the front of the book and ensure that the section has depth, integrity, variety, wit, and style. This editor should have a deep love of magazines and a capacious sense of what makes them most dynamic and compelling. Impeccable editorial judgment and devotion to the craft of writing are musts.
Qualifications:
- Significant experience assigning and editing articles across disciplines and in a range of styles, including opinion, reporting, humor, and argued essays
- Editorial imagination and intellect; an eye for original ideas; the ability to build a front of book that surprises, delights, challenges, and edifies readers
- Large and varied network of writers, scholars, and other potential contributors
- A record of publishing writers of diverse backgrounds
- Ability to guide writers and fellow editors to do their best work
- A knack for display copy and other elements of magazine packaging and web publishing
Key responsibilities:
- Assigning and editing stories for Dispatches
- Working closely with both staff writers and freelancers; expanding our network of contributors
- Helping to ensure that our coverage is compelling, thoughtful, original, and maximally ambitious
- Shepherding pieces through copyedit and fact-checking; working with teams across the newsroom to enhance the presentation and distribution of stories
Salary minimum: $105,000; Salary maximum: $175,000
This position is based in New York City or Washington, D.C.
This is a Guild position.
About The Atlantic:
The Atlantic has, for more than 160 years, advanced ideas that matter and sparked global conversation on the most important issues of our time. We aim to bring clarity and original thinking to questions of consequence, on topics ranging from politics, the economy, and global affairs to technology, science, and culture. As the third-longest-runningmagazine in America, we find ourselves at a remarkable moment: one of both continuation and transformation, of upholding our legacy while continuously reinventing ourselves for the future.
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The Atlantic Monthly Group LLC ("The Atlantic") is an Equal Opportunity Employer.The Atlantic is committed to diversity and encourages members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including women, LGBTQ people, people of color, and people with disabilities.We do not discriminate against our applicants because of race, color, religion, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation, and pregnancy), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.
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