News Editor And Digital Producer
Current- Setting the news agenda in choosing, editing and rewriting stories for NZ Herald print and digital, ensuring a well-balanced mix to keep New Zealanders informed about what affects them. - Focused on tone, accuracy, fairness, contextual ethics, representation of diversity, potential legal issues and clear visual communication.- Maximising the homepage of the Herald website, drawing on analytics and using editorial judgment to promote the best journalism, including managing breaking news.- Collaborating across the newsroom with other editors, reporters, print production journalists, graphic artists and the digital and social media teams to tell the story most effectively.- Training and mentoring staff into new roles, streamlining workflow processes and testing new programs and systems before rollout to the wider newsroom.- Moderating comments for Premium subscribers, to help ensure fair debate.