Senior Editor, Arts and Culture Hub

The role

This senior editor drives cultural insights coverage for broadcast and digital. They will lead the team in identifying and explaining cultural trends, values, and social dynamics.

What you will do

• Generate story ideas and review story pitches with reporters on the Society & Culture desk
• Help develop storytelling approaches and sources
• Direct daily news and feature coverage of beat
• Fill-in or supplement editing of sports coverage
• Engage digital and visuals teams during story and event planning
• Produce multiplatform coverage plans for major events and stories
• Edit stories for broadcast, digital, social, and newsletters
• Advise show programmers and hosts on coverage threads, booking guests and interview questions
• Ensure desk content meets NPR standards for accuracy, fairness, honesty, and impartiality

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience editing arts, entertainment and culture coverage
• Experience editing for radio and/or podcasting
• Experience with coverage of arts and culture, including movies, TV, visual arts, and books
• Experience in digital media, including editing copy, visuals and coordination with news apps
• Familiarity with content management systems and collaboration tools
• Record of multi-platform thinking and execution in daily news and feature coverage
• Experience in editorial decision-making, including assigning reporters/correspondents
• Ability to handle multiple and complex projects under stringent timeframes
• Ability to work quickly and efficiently under deadline pressure
• Ability and willingness to work varied shifts
• Demonstrated team collaboration and leadership skills
• Expertise in writing, including news, headline, broadcast writing and copy editing

Nice to have

• Familiarity with NPR member stations and the public media system
• Some experience and understanding of sports and sports journalism
• Flexibility, creativity and eagerness to innovate and embrace change
• Long-standing relationships and contacts in the entertainment industry

Benefits

• Health and wellness
• Paid time off
• Financial well-being
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Life/ accidental death and dismemberment
• Long-term disability
• Short-term disability
• Voluntary retirement savings

Before you apply

• Please submit your application materials by 11:59 pm EST November 19th, 2026
• Must reside in Washington, D. C. / Maryland / Virginia / Culver City / New York City

About the company

NPR is a mission-driven multimedia organization that produces news, information, and music programming in partnership with hundreds of independent public radio stations.