Hybrid Senior Copy Editor – English Services

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About the role

  • Senior Copy Editor at CBC/Radio-Canada's digital news team editing news content and ensuring quality. Collaborating with journalists and producing engaging news for online platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Copy edit breaking, developing, enterprise and feature news, as well as display copy (titles, descriptions and posts) for social media, graphics and videos
  • Curate and/or edit live story pages
  • Ensure copy is accurate, fair and balanced
  • Work with writers and producers to develop story ideas, assignments and structure, and give them constructive feedback
  • Identify and respectfully communicate gaps in a story, keeping the bigger picture in mind while editing the details
  • Package digital stories according to mobile-first considerations
  • Help writers and reporters develop their digital writing skills
  • Communicate digital news best practices
  • Uphold and contribute to best practices

Requirements

  • Minimum five years of recent experience editing in a digital news environment
  • Substantial experience copy editing, fact-checking, writing and packaging news content for a digital audience
  • Ability to think critically and work independently
  • Understanding of CBC’s Journalistic Standards and Practices and knowledge of legal and ethical issues related to journalism
  • Proven ability to manage large volumes of fast-moving information
  • Understanding of how and when to leverage multimedia assets, including video, audio, graphics, photos and social media embeds
  • Active user of social media platforms
  • Excellent news judgment
  • Ability to work effectively, collaboratively and gracefully under 24/7 newsroom deadline pressure
  • Stellar communication and interpersonal skills
  • Open mindset
  • Aptitude with text and video content management systems
  • Experience applying Canadian Press style
  • Knowledge of CBCNews.ca style an asset
  • Reporting experience an asset
  • University degree or equivalent experience
  • Ability to work weekends, early mornings, statutory holidays when required

Benefits

  • Permanent employment status
  • Work at CBC/Radio-Canada
  • Remote work options

Job title

Senior Copy Editor – English Services

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Location requirements

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