Managing Editor, sojo.net

Department: Online editorial

Supervisor: Editor-in-Chief

Supervision: Senior Associate Culture Editor, Senior Associate Opinion Editor, Senior Associate News Editor

Position summary:

Sojourners seeks a dynamic managing editor for online content and to lead the team that produces award-winning daily news, opinion, and culture coverage for sojo.net.

Our ideal candidate will be an experienced editor, skilled at managing both people and projects, who feels at home in a fast-paced digital media environment of a Christian nonprofit organization. We want someone who is creative, hands-on, and strategic: full of ideas for new stories and projects, but also eager to roll up their sleeves and test those ideas against engagement data, team feedback, and budget considerations. We’re looking for someone enthusiastic about Sojourners’ editorial mission as an independent, award-winning publication of faith, culture, and politics— someone who brings a nuanced understanding of Christian faith and social justice to the stories they publish, the way they manage a diverse team, and their navigation of an ever-changing media landscape.

Editorial responsibilities:

• Define clear editorial goals for sojo.net, develop new areas of growth, and assist with evaluating and improving content in collaboration with the Editor-in-Chief, online editors, Audience Engagement Manager, and Editor of Sojourners.
• Oversee all aspects of online editorial calendar and publication process, including story development, soliciting, assigning, editing, crafting headlines, selecting photos, and publication.
• Ensure all content on online publication conforms with Sojourners in-house style and editorial mission.
• Monitor national and international news with an eye to developing coverage of religion, faith, politics, and social justice.
• Collaborate regularly with monthly print magazine editorial team and help shape editorial retreats alongside Editor of Sojourners print magazine and Editor-in-Chief.
• Collaborate with online editorial team on three newsletters: SojoMail, Verse & Voice, and The Reconstruct.
• Collaborate with Editor-in-Chief, Editor of Sojourners magazine, Audience Engagement Manager, Senior Marketing Director, and Advancement Team to develop grant-funded projects and track meaningful metrics.
• Report and write articles for digital and print publications.

Leadership responsibilities:

• Lead and supervise online editorial team (Senior Associate Opinion Editor, Senior Associate News Editor, and Senior Associate Culture Editor) and provide additional management support to those supervising fellows, cohort members, or contracted reporters.
• Oversee online columnist and freelancer contracts and payment.
• Represent online editorial team on Sojourners Management Team.
• Assume web-related duties of Editor-in-Chief in their absence.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Applicants based in D.C. or willing to relocate are preferred; if not local, applicants must be willing to travel to the DC office 2-3 times per year.
• At least 6+ years of online journalism experience; experience in nonprofit journalism a plus.
• Excellent writing, editing, and verbal communications skills.
• Experience with web publishing, content management systems, and audience engagement metrics.
• Proven success at managing both people and projects.
• Nuanced understanding of Christian faith and diverse movements for racial and social justice.
• Desire to work in a Christian workplace that strives to continually deepen its commitments to faith and social justice.