Editor

The Elko Daily Free Press in Elko, Nevada, is seeking an editor who is adept as a player/coach to lead the news team. The ideal candidate has the ability to inspire the newsroom to grow our audience by reporting impactful and unmatched local news for print and digital platforms. The editor is responsible for planning, developing and implementing news coverage strategy including breaking news, enterprise stories, sports, and features. This position plans the story budget, ensures stories are ready for immediate digital posting, ensures an effective workflow, edits stories, and produces content as needed. The successful candidate will have supervisory experience and is able to juggle the demands of digital and print journalism. Elko is a thriving city in the Northeast corner of Nevada three hours West of Salt Lake City. Elko offers spectacular views, scenic drives an d getaways, and many outdoor activities with the beautiful Ruby Mountains a short drive south of town. Elko is a family town where you can experience the great outdoors, Western culture, rodeos and the arts. Why Join Us? Lee Enterprises offers competitive wages in a dynamic, interesting work environment with career growth opportunities. We offer an extensive benefit program that can be personalized to your needs which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, company provided life insurance and supplemental life insurance. In addition, we offer a 401K retirement plan with company match. We also offer generous paid time off to allow the flexibility to balance personal life and work. This includes paid parental leave for new parents. Lee Enterprises is a major subscription and advertising platform and a leading provider of local news and information, with daily newspapers, rapidly growing digital products and nearly 350 weekly and specialty publications serving 75 markets in 26 states. Year to date, Lee's newspapers have an average daily circulation of 1.0 million, and our legacy websites, including acquisitions, reach more than 34 million digital unique visitors. Lee Enterprises is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we participate in E-verify. We are committed to attracting and retaining a workforce whose diversity reflects the communities w