Digital Editor for WPLN News

Location: Nashville, Tennessee
Job Category: Online | New Media,Graphic Design,Photo,Radio
Job ID: 72405
Employment Type: Full time
Salary: per year
Posted: 04.30.2025

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Job Description:

Digital Editor for WPLN News
You’re a talented and curious digital journalist who’s ready to take on a leadership role in a vibrant, collaborative newsroom. As the digital news editor for WPLN News, you’ll help our award-winning local journalism shine on the web, on social media and in our daily newsletter, the NashVillager.
This is a dotted line supervisory-level position for someone who has a vision for how reporters and editors should engage with audiences online. How should we adjust our workflow to put the audience first, regardless of platform? Which communities are we missing, and how do we build news products to serve them? How can we better engage with the people who depend on us?

Click the link below to apply: 
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Job Requirements:

You’ll be our lead strategist managing our homepage and newsletter and will take the lead on establishing our voice on social media. You’ll work closely with reporters to plan and polish their web stories, and you'll regularly write stories and newsletters. You'll oversee and edit the NashVillager with an eye for what our audience needs each day. And, you’ll manage direct reports.
So, we’re looking for someone who has:

• A collaborative spirit and excellent communication. In this intersectional role, you’ll interact with everyone in the newsroom and many people in other departments. You’re able to communicate your ideas in a way that encourages others to row in the same direction, and you value feedback.
• A passion for reaching new audiences and those who’ve been historically underserved by public radio. Your previous projects have helped newsrooms connect with new audiences and communities of color, among others.
• Demonstrated leadership and coaching skills. Reporters will look to you for guidance on managing priorities, shaping stories and using digital platforms effectively.
• Proven excellence in online storytelling, nuanced editorial judgement and a precise editing eye.
• A strong sense of visual layout (graphic design experience a plus).
• The ability (and proclivity) to nerd out about all things digital. This includes a knowledge of how the web works! You aren’t afraid of a little HTML.

What do we offer? A competitive salary. Great benefits. A Peabody and Murrow Award-winning newsroom filled with dynamic colleagues who care about each other. We also care deeply about this region and the diverse religious, ethnic, immigrant and artistic communities within it. We don’t live in Nashville just because there’s great live music (though there is) or beautiful hiking trails (though there are). We’re here because we value telling Middle Tennessee’s stories and making it a better place through our coverage.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work
This is a full-time, salaried, exempt position. Days and hours of work vary, but often run Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Occasional weekend and evening hours will be necessary.
At Nashville Public Radio, we are looking for people who are curious about the world and are excited about our mission. If it sounds like you would be a good fit for our team, apply today.

Physical Demands
The employee in this position is frequently standing, walking, or sitting; using hands to finger, handle, or feel; reaching with hands and arms, and talking or hearing.

Lifts Weight or Exerts Force Work Environment
The employee in this position may regularly lift up to 20 pounds.

Vision
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

Salary Information
 $65,000+ (Negotiable based on experience)
 
About Nashville Public Radio
Nashville Public Radio serves Middle Tennessee by providing trusted in-depth news, engaging music, and unique cultural programs on 90.3 FM WPLN News, the NashVillager, WNXP, Nashville Classical Radio, and our various digital platforms. For more than 60 years, listeners have turned to this community supported service for programming that inspires conversation and curiosity, educates, and entertains. Our values are:

• To operate the station at the highest level of professional standards and integrity.
• To be responsive to our listeners, members, supporters, and public.
• To exhibit mutual respect for our peers and audience.
• To value the member and community support that our station receives.
• To work together in an environment that encourages participation and sharing of the decisions that affect the station and our listeners.

 
Nashville Public Radio is committed to hiring staff that reflect the diversity of the community we serve. Nashville Public Radio is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or status as a protected veteran. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation.
Nashville Public Radio offers a generous benefit package including medical, vision, dental, and a robust Employee Assistance Program inclusive of six free sessions of counseling each year and basic legal assistance. Long-term disability and life insurance are provided at no cost to employees. We also have up to 40 days of paid parental or medical leave, inclusive for adoptive and/or foster parents.
In addition to these benefits, employees receive vacation and sick leave, access to a 401(k) plan with employer matching, and 13 paid holidays, 2 of which are floating to employee preference.
The job profile is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change, and/or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.