Apple

Apple News Editor, Local News

Apple$70K — $95K *
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong editorial judgment and breaking-news experience
  • Deep newsroom experience understanding reader interests
  • Excellent writing skills
  • Independent decision-making during off-hours
  • Collaborative spirit with feedback incorporation
  • Adaptability to new challenges
  • Five years of news experience
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent education

Responsibilities

  • Select top stories for various cities with a focus on quality and engagement
  • Write engaging copy tailored to the Apple News audience
  • Collaborate with copy and standards team to uphold house style
  • Curate content based on current events
  • Make real-time editorial decisions as news unfolds
  • Work early morning shifts to align with newsroom needs

Benefits

  • Access to trusted journalism and content from leading publishers
  • Opportunity to shape news in a diverse community
  • Collaboration with a talented copy and standards team
  • Involvement in innovative product development
  • Ability to impact reader engagement through editorial choices
Full Job Description
Apple News provides millions of users with trusted journalism from leading publishers around the globe. Editors at Apple News highlight the best and most engaging content on our platform and make real-time decisions based on the day's events, curate content, write copy, and work cross-functionally to support News projects and goals.

Description

The ideal candidate for this role will have excellent curation and headline-writing skills, the ability to communicate complex ideas simply, a genuine interest in local news, a mind for product development, and a deep understanding of what kinds of news is of interest to our diverse communities across the country.

On a day-to-day basis, the candidate will: Select top stories for different cities across the country, with an emphasis on quality, accuracy, and engagement; write sharp and engaging copy with the Apple News audience in mind; and work with our copy and standards team to ensure the work meets all aspects of our house style. This editor will work an early morning schedule.

Minimum Qualifications

Strong editorial judgment and breaking-news experience

Deep newsroom experience, with a keen understanding of the information that matters to readers

Excellent writing skills

Ability to make decisions independently when news breaks during off-hours

Ease working across teams and incorporating feedback seamlessly into your work

Adaptability to new challenges

Five years experience working in news

Bachelor's degree or equivalent education

Preferred Qualifications

Thorough knowledge of, and/or genuine interest in, working with local publishers and serving local news audiences

Comfort with data and analytics and applying that to editorial decision-making

Proficiency within content-management systems and a keen understanding of the tools that support state-of-the-art editorial

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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154,000 employees
Market Cap
$2,074.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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