Copy Editor

Night-Weekend Editor

The award-winning Omaha World-Herald is seeking a motivated and exacting editor to ensure high-quality content standards are met through the evening and on weekends. This position will have a primary focus on executing the paper's digital strategy, making sure news is posted quickly, though some print copy editing responsibilities are also included.

The ideal candidate has experience editing articles for online and print, as well as writing compelling headlines, handling breaking news and working with a wide variety of reporters from features to sports.

The person who fills this 40-hour-a-week, Omaha-based position would pick up late- arriving weekday news as well as weekend copy, work with reporters to cover breaking news, and participate in the smooth running of the newsroom.

If you are interested in the position, please upload a resume and a cover letter, addressed to Managing Editor Jess Rollins, explaining how you would handle the job. All materials must be uploaded to the job portal at https://lee.net/careers/ (search for "Omaha") to be considered.

Why Join Us?

Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents.

Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 74 markets in 26 states. Year to date, Lee's newspapers have an average daily circulation of 1.0 million, and our legacy websites, including acquisitions, reach more than 34 million digital unique visitors.

Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Lee embraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture of fervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net .

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you are excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above, we encourage you to apply.

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