Hearst
Deputy Editor, Breaking News and Live
$80K–$100K
San Francisco, CA, United States +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 26, 2026
- Location
- San Francisco, CA, United States
San Francisco - Experience
- At least two years; equivalent experience as a reporter and/or editor is accepted.
- Visa sponsorship
- Does not provide immigration sponsorship; applicants must have the right to work in the U.S. without immigration sponsorship.
About the job
The Deputy Editor monitors and edits breaking news while expanding the Chronicle’s live journalism and real-time digital coverage.
What you'll do
- Monitor, assign and edit breaking news and emerging developments; launch and edit live blogs and rolling coverage.
- Develop live-journalism approaches and identify coverage opportunities across breaking news, elections, weather, events and sports.
- Use audience data to assess coverage and test formats, tools and workflows across digital platforms.
What they ask for
- At least two years’ experience at a daily newspaper, magazine or web publication, or equivalent as a reporter and/or editor.
- Strong news judgment and understanding of Bay Area readers.
- Experience with live blogs, rolling coverage, real-time updates or other continuous digital journalism.
- Excellent editing, headline-writing and digital-production skills; understanding of real-time data and audience signals.
Pay
$80,000 — $100,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
web, app, alerts, newsletters, social platforms
AI focus
Use artificial intelligence tools and automated systems to support breaking-news discovery and content delivery to readers.
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