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Omaha World Herald

Omaha, NE (In Person)

Full-Time

Posted 2 weeks ago (Updated 1 week ago) • Actively hiring

Expires 6/2/2026

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Job Description

Managing Editor, Omaha World-HeraldThe OmahaWorld-Herald is seeking an ambitious, rigorous, and entrepreneurial leader toshape the newsroom's next phase of growth as its Managing Editor.

This person willdirectly oversee the organization's day-to-day news coverage while playing akey role in charting newsroom strategy.

The ideal candidatewill combine uncompromising journalistic integrity with an insatiable appetitefor innovation in a thriving, tradition-rich news environment.

The largest newspaperin Nebraska, The World-Herald has served readers since 1885 and won threePulitzer Prizes. The ideal candidate will revere the institution's history butwork urgently to shape the future of the organization in a rapidly changing, multiplatformworld.

The Omaha metro areais home to more than 1 million people, multiple Fortune 500 companies, anationally renowned medical institution, and a competitive, nationallyscrutinized political environment. The World-Herald's news coverage aims tocapture the vibrancy and complexity of the region on multiple platforms and inmultiple formats.

What you'll do:
  • Guide a team of newsreporters covering Omaha and the state of Nebraska
  • Help shape TheWorld-Herald's multiplatform product lineup, including newsletters, podcasts,visual journalism, and whatever comes next
  • Embrace a "lead fromthe field" model in which you're finding ways to contribute to coverage as areporter, writer, and content creator
  • Build and maintainrelationships with key community and company stakeholdersWhat we're lookingfor:
  • A proven track recordof leading high-impact news coverage in a fast-paced, competitive environment
  • An appreciation forthe news, politics, business, and cultural landscapes in Nebraska
  • A relentless desireto innovate and build new things
  • An excellentcommunicator and collaborator comfortable working with reporters, editors, andother stakeholdersAttach your resume,three work samples, and a 500-to-750-word memo describing your vision for therole, addressed to Executive Editor Ben Doody to your application.
Why join us?

Lee Enterprisesoffers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with careergrowth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can bepersonalized to your needs. Our benefit program includes medical, dental,vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance andsupplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan withcompany match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow flexibility tobalance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for newparents. Lee Enterprises is amajor subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of localnews and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital productsand nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 74 markets in 25 states.

Year to date, Lee's newspapers have an average daily circulation of 1.0million, and our legacy websites, including acquisitions, reach more than 34million digital unique visitors. Lee Enterprises isproud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to attracting andretaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities we serve. Leeembraces change, and we recognize that we must create and maintain a culture offervent inclusion. For more information about Lee, check us out at www.lee.net. We are focused onbuilding a diverse and inclusive workforce and participate in E-Verify. If youare excited about this role but do not meet 100% of the qualifications above,we encourage you to apply.

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