Editor II, Network Desk - Northeast Region
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paid time off, remote work
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 United States | |
 Oct 08, 2026 | |
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Intro to Position The Network Desk represents NPR's strategic commitment to deepening, broadening, and transforming how we partner with Member stations and Regional Hubs. As the Northeast Regional Editor, you will serve as the essential bridge between local station newsrooms across the Northeast and national NPR news programs and digital platforms. In this role, you will help identify, curate, and elevate distinctive local reporting to national audiences while helping stations plan and execute ambitious enterprise and breaking news coverage. The ideal candidate brings a collaborative editorial mindset, sharp line-editing skills across audio and text, and a commitment to expanding the diversity of sources and stories emerging from the region. NPR defines its Northeast Region as ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ, PA, DE, MD, and DC. This is a union represented role covered under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement with SAG-AFTRA. This is an NPR editorial role covered under the terms of the NPR Ethics Handbook. All editorial staff are bound by this guidance. Editorial staff are defined as staff members who play a role in shaping the journalistic or creative direction of NPR's content, including events. Responsibilities
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Compensation Salary Range: The U.S. based anticipated salary range for this opportunity is $110,000 - $112,000 plus benefits. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salaries NPR expects to provide for new hires for the position across all US locations. Benefits: NPR offers access to comprehensive benefits for employees and dependents. Regular, full-time employees scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week are eligible to enroll in NPR's benefits options. Benefits include access to health and wellness, paid time off, and financial well-being. Plan options include medical, dental, vision, life/ accidental death and dismemberment, long-term disability, short-term disability, and voluntary retirement savings to all eligible NPR employees. Does this sound like you? If so, we want to hear from you. #LI-REMOTE The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum salaries NPR expects to provide for new hires for the position across all US locations.
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