Newsletter Supervising Editor (Newsperson)

Associated Press; City Of London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job description

Newsletter Supervising Editor (Newsperson)

The Associated Press is an independent global news organization dedicated to factual reporting. Founded in 1846, AP today remains the most trusted source of fast, accurate, unbiased news in all formats and the essential provider of the technology and services vital to the news business. More than half the world's population sees AP journalism every day.

The Associated Press is looking for a newsletter supervisor to shape our largest daily send to our loyal audience, the Morning Wire. We are looking for someone with deep and comprehensive news judgment and extensive experience with US digital habits.

Responsibilities: Based in London, this editor will work closely with our London-based newsletter writer to curate AP’s exceptional global journalism for this engaged and growing audience. You will curate and edit for this morning newsletter, and spot stories, photos, and videos that we’ll use in other newsletters throughout the week. You’ll need line editing experience and solid headline writing skills. You must be comfortable sorting through a firehouse of content to identify and prioritize the stories we need for newsletter audiences.

This job will also entail working with audience metrics, and most importantly, we’ll need you to be able to use your strong news experience to connect the dots in ways that will help us best serve our growing audiences. You’ll work closely with other newsletter team members, as well as our partners in product, design, the engagement team, and our global news desks.

You will report to the newsletter editor in New York, working closely on launching additional newsletters and refining the ones in our existing portfolio. You will have your hands on several other newsletters during the week as needed, wearing multiple hats, from production to editing.

Required Qualifications:

1. A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, such as at least five to seven years of experience as an editor, line editor, or reporter at a daily newspaper, broadcast station, digital news outlet, or AP bureau.
2. Advanced-level professional proficiency in both written and spoken English; proficiency in additional languages is a plus.
3. The ability and willingness to occasionally work outside of business hours to meet the demands of a 24/7 news cycle.
4. A commitment to innovation and inclusivity while upholding AP's standards for integrity and objectivity.
5. All applicants must be able to work in the United Kingdom or be able to gain permission to do so.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Significant recent time working with US politics or general news for a large US audience, plus a high comfort level with international topics.
2. Hands-on analytics experience for a large news organization, and proven ability to connect the dots to solve problems for unique audiences.
3. Demonstrated ability to program for loyalist audiences; bonus if you have experience with app and alerting audience behaviors.
4. Strong teamwork and people skills, including the ability to collaborate with diverse teams of journalists and designers across different formats, such as text, photo, video, audio, digital/social, interactive, and graphics.

We will consider strong candidates who do not meet every listed qualification. You may use a cover letter to describe the unique qualifications you would bring to this role.

Application deadline is May 9, 2025 at 11:59PM EST.

AP seeks to build an inclusive organization grounded in respect for differences. We support all aspects of diversity and provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, marital status, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, status as a veteran, or other characteristic protected by law.