The Hechinger Report
Senior Editor, Higher Education
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Remote - US
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Full-Time
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$100K - $107K
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Other
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April 7th, 2026
Edtech.com's Summary
The Hechinger Report is hiring a Senior Editor, Higher Education. This editor will lead a team of reporters and freelancers, assign and edit investigative and feature stories on higher education, and develop collaborations with partner news organizations while shaping the coverage strategy and utilizing innovative storytelling techniques.
Highlights
- Lead and oversee a team of 2-3 staff reporters covering higher education.
- Assign and line-edit in-depth investigative, feature, and explanatory journalism.
- Manage relationships and collaborations with partners like The Washington Post, NPR, and the Los Angeles Times.
- Recruit and manage freelance contributors for higher education coverage.
- Help manage the higher education editorial budget.
- Travel occasionally for staff gatherings, journalism events, and conferences.
- Required: Bachelor's degree or equivalent, 7-10 years journalism experience with 3+ years managing reporters, strong line-editing and feature editing skills, and expertise in education reporting.
- Preferred: Project management experience, 5 years editing and education beat experience, and investigative reporting oversight.
- Familiarity with audience engagement tools and excellent interpersonal skills are essential.
- Compensation ranges from $100,000 to $107,000 annually, with benefits including medical, dental, vision, retirement plan, and tuition remission.
Senior Editor, Higher Education Full Description
Work for Hechinger
The Hechinger Report is a nonprofit news outlet that covers education across the United States. We’re a small newsroom with big ambitions to cover the most pressing issues facing classrooms and campuses. Our journalists travel across the country and the world asking tough questions, seeking out promising solutions, and listening to the voices of educators, families and kids. Here are the opportunities to join us in our mission.
Openings
Senior Editor, Higher Education
JOB DESCRIPTION:
The Hechinger Report, an award-winning news organization focused on innovation and inequality in education, is seeking an experienced editor to oversee our higher education coverage. The editor will lead a small team of staff reporters and many freelance contributors, assigning and editing stories that meet Hechinger’s high bar for in-depth investigative, feature and explanatory journalism.
The editor will help identify story ideas, make assignments, guide reporters and line-edit stories. This position will also be responsible for shaping our strategy for covering higher education, and for working closely with other editors, as well as engagement, web and data staffers, on ideas for new and innovative storytelling techniques and products. The editor will collaborate with our existing partner outlets, such as The Washington Post, NPR and the Los Angeles Times, and help us develop new partnerships.
Hechinger is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Building a diverse and inclusive newsroom is integral to Hechinger’s mission. Just as we seek to elevate diverse perspectives through our journalism, we also strive to ensure that the writers and editors telling those stories come from diverse backgrounds.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Oversee a team of 2-3 staff reporters, helping with story planning, prioritization and career development
- Assign and line-edit stories, including features, analyses and investigations, primarily on higher education; assist with second reads as needed
- Work with freelance reporters to assign and edit their journalism, and assist in recruiting new freelance contributors
- Help manage our higher education budget
- Communicate and collaborate with our partner publications and help develop new collaborations and partnerships
- Conceptualize and coordinate projects with other editors
- Travel a few times a year, to our annual staff gathering and potentially to higher education and/or journalism events; occasionally meet with sources and represent Hechinger at conferences
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent professional experience
- 7 to 10 years of professional experience in journalism, with at least 3 years supervising reporters
- Superior line-editing skills
- Experience in editing explanatory and features journalism
- Experience and interest in the education beat
- Ability to generate ambitious feature story ideas
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with experience motivating and supporting colleagues
- Familiarity with audience engagement tools and strategies
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience in project management and organizational development
- 5 years of editing experience at a news organization
- 5 years on the education beat
- Experience assessing, guiding and editing investigative reporting projects
BENEFITS:
This position will be paid between $100,000 and $107,000 a year. This position also receives Teachers College Full-Time Professional Benefits, which include comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans, a 403(b) tax-advantaged retirement investment plan, and tuition remission for employees and eligible dependents.
RESTRICTIONS:
The Hechinger Report’s main office is located in New York City. This role may be remote.
Hechinger is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Building a diverse and inclusive newsroom is integral to Hechinger’s mission. Just as we seek to elevate diverse perspectives through our journalism, we also strive to ensure that the writers and editors telling those stories come from diverse backgrounds.
The application deadline is May 28.
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