We're launching Capital B Augusta, our next local newsroom, and we're looking for an entrepreneurial editor to help build it from the ground up.

As Founding Editor, you'll shape our editorial strategy, establish our presence in the community, launch our newsletter, report and write it and help define how Capital B serves Augusta for years to come. Working alongside Capital B's broader editorial and audience teams, you'll help create a model for community-centered local journalism that can be replicated in cities across the country.

This position reports to Capital B's Executive Editor.

Salary: $90,000-$110,000

Location: Augusta, Georgia

Applicants must currently live in the Augusta area or have demonstrated ties to the community. Building trust requires being deeply connected to the community we serve.

What you'll do

• Build Capital B Augusta's editorial operation from the ground up.
• Launch and lead our newsletter.
• Report, assign and edit journalism that helps residents navigate civic life.
• Establish editorial workflows, coverage priorities and newsroom routines.
• Develop recurring newsletter features readers come to rely on.
• Create short-form video that explains local news, showcases reporting and helps grow Capital B Augusta's audience across social platforms.
• Build trusted relationships across Black Augusta.
• Lead a team of part-time community ambassadors to ensure community questions shape coverage.
• Partner with Capital B's audience, product and design teams to grow the newsletter.
• Use audience data, experimentation and community feedback to improve our journalism and increase engagement.
• Help develop responsible AI workflows that make local journalism more useful, accessible and transparent.
• Build editorial systems that can grow as the newsroom expands.

What you'll bring

We're looking for someone who is equal parts editor, reporter, writer, builder and product thinker.

You should have:

• A deep understanding of Augusta and the issues affecting Black communities there.
• At least five years of reporting and editing experience.
• Strong news judgment and excellent editing skills.
• Experience with newsletters or audience-focused journalism.
• Experience creating compelling social video or a willingness and enthusiasm to become comfortable on camera.
• An entrepreneurial mindset and excitement about building something new.
• Comfort making thoughtful decisions when there isn't already a playbook.
• A commitment to community-informed journalism.
• A habit of using audience data, experimentation and community feedback to make editorial decisions. You enjoy testing ideas, learning from results and continually improving your work.
• Curiosity about using AI responsibly to strengthen journalism.
• The ability to collaborate across editorial, audience and business teams.

We're looking for someone who believes local journalism should be measured not just by the stories it publishes, but by whether it helps people make better decisions about their lives and communities.

You don't believe great journalism is finished when it's published. You're interested in understanding whether it reached the right people, answered the right questions, and changed how someone understands or navigates their community.

What success looks like

In your first year, you'll launch a newsletter that becomes an indispensable part of how Black Augustans understand what's happening in their city and what to do next. You'll build trust throughout the community, grow a loyal audience, establish systems that can scale, and help demonstrate a new model for sustainable, community-centered local journalism.

What we'll bring

• Four weeks of paid time off plus company holidays
• 20 weeks of parental leave
• 12 weeks of caregiver leave
• 401(k)
• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Health and dependent care flexible spending plans
• Short- and long-term disability insurance
• Professional development fund
• Monthly phone and internet stipend
• Home office setup stipend