Community Editor

LINK Media is looking for a Community Editor  who will be responsible for the day-to-day editorial leadership and execution of reporting across LINK nky and CityBeat. This role manages reporters at both publications, sets daily coverage priorities, assigns stories, and ensures consistent editorial quality and workflow. The Community Editor serves as the primary editor for daily content and is responsible for compiling and editing all print products, including weekly and bi-weekly editions, Super Issues and CityBeat special editions.

Salary: $55,000-$65,000 per year, plus benefits 

What We Expect from You:

• Manage and supervise reporters at LINK nky and CityBeat, providing clear direction, feedback, and support.
• Run daily editorial meetings, establish coverage priorities, and make daily assignments.
• Serve as the first editor on all reported content from both publications, ensuring accuracy, clarity, tone, and alignment with editorial standards.
• Coordinate coverage across beats to ensure balanced, comprehensive reporting and avoid duplication.
• Compile, edit, and organize all content for:
  • Weekly LINK Reader  and bi-weekly CityBeat print editions
  • Super Issues
  • CityBeat special editions
• Work closely with the Executive Editor on editorial planning, major projects, and publication calendars.
• Ensure deadlines are met across digital and print workflows.
• Collaborate with Senior Digital Editor to align written content with video, social, and audience priorities.
• Uphold LINK Media’s standards for public-interest journalism, community representation, and editorial integrity.

Skills We Need You to Have:

• Prior experience in newsroom editing or editorial leadership.
• Strong editing skills with the ability to work quickly while maintaining accuracy and quality.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple reporters, deadlines, and publication schedules simultaneously.
• Strong news judgment and understanding of local journalism, including government, community, and culture coverage.
• Comfort working across digital and print platforms.
• Excellent organizational, communication, and leadership skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced newsroom environment.

What You Can Expect from Us:

• Full benefits package - medical, dental, vision and life
• PTO and paid holidays
• All the equipment you need to do your job
• Training and support on CityBeat's internal style and our culture
• A giant newsroom full of tiny desks in beautiful downtown Covington, KY

You'll Need to Share Our Mission and Uphold Our Guiding Principles

Mission: LINK Media strengthens vibrant communities through independent, sustainable local journalism. 

Guiding Principles:

We are:

Solutions-Focused: We don’t just report the news of the day. We dig deeper, informing our audience about how our community might solve its biggest issues. 

Unapologetic Community Fans: We believe in this community—in what it is today, and what it has the potential to become. We want to see this community advance, and we understand the part that we play in that advancement. 

Inclusive: We explore the issues that affect all of our readers, and give a voice to all segments of our diverse community.

Good Stewards: It is our responsibility to make good use of our resources and to maintain a sustainable business model, so that we may serve the community long into the future.  

Independent: The publication does not make endorsements, and has a commitment to fact-based reporting about the issues that are facing our community. In addition to our reporting, outside opinions from multiple viewpoints will be sought, and clearly marked as such, in order to provide the robust debate that our community needs to make critical decisions about our collective future.