Political Desk Editor, Political Unit

About the job

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Your New Role…

This position ensures CNN’s Political Unit is covering the day's most important political news stories and manages resources to make it happen effectively. The political desk manages CNN’s minute-by-minute political coverage and is a vital part of the network’s newsgathering apparatus.

Your Role Accountabilities…

• Serves as a key point person for field teams, including correspondents and embedded producers, facilitating interaction with all of CNN's television and digital platforms.

• Tracks future events and plans coverage assignments, leveraging editorial judgment to right-size resource deployment to match CNN priorities

• Coordinates logistics for all deployments, including field teams’ travel to and between events, video transmission and equipment strategies, security considerations, and any pooling responsibilities

• Manages the specific requirements of all television liveshots and digital videos, ensuring editorial content and production format conform to individual platform needs

• Identifies opportunities for multi-modal and multi-platform content, proactively pitching ideas to relevant teams

• Circulates editorial information to the network from field teams. Monitors various live campaign events and files editorial copy.

• Surveys social media and competitor outlets to identify developing political stories.

• Ensures all incoming signals are properly routed, recorded, and alerted to the network.

• Estimates newsgathering costs to track expenditures against budget

Qualifications & Experience…

• Minimum three to five years in news, with previous newsroom or assignment desk experience.

• Demonstrated news judgement with a strong interest in politics.

• The ability to multitask and make quick decisions under deadline, taking into account the network's current editorial priorities.

• Keen attention to detail and robust organizational skills to track many simultaneous events and assignments

• Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships across teams and stakeholders while keeping calm under pressure.

• Highly responsive and communicative, utilizing varied collaboration tools

• Strong writing skills. Understanding of CNN’s newsgathering process is an advantage.

• Conversancy with using a content management system is preferred

• This position may require early morning/late night hours and the possibility of working weekends.

• BA/BS in journalism, politics or a related field or equivalent in experience.

This is a project-based position through January 31, 2029.

About Skydance

Skydance is a next-generation global media and entertainment company, comprised of three business segments: Studios, Direct-to-Consumer, and TV Media. Skydance's portfolio unites legendary brands, including Paramount, Warner Bros., HBO and HBO Max, Paramount+, Pluto TV, CBS, CNN, CBS Sports, TNT Sports, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, MTV, Food Network, BET, HGTV, and Comedy Central.

Some Important Details

We embrace the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit. In line with the laws of the country or region in which the role is based, this includes consideration without regard to race, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, religion or belief, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, physical or mental disability, genetic information, military or protected veteran status, union status or any other category protected by applicable law.

If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.

Hiring Salary Range: $57,120.00 - $106,080.00 per year

In compliance with local law, we are disclosing compensation, or a range thereof, for roles where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, external market data, internal equity, skill set, experience, training, education, and/or performance. Base pay is just one component of our total compensation package. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and sick time and vacation.