About the Role
The Deputy Editor helps lead our exclusives reporting team alongside the Senior Executive Editor. This is a hands-on leadership role for an editor who thrives on delivering exclusive content for the Daily Mail-someone who can manage a team of reporters covering fast-moving news while pushing them to develop original, can't-find-it-anywhere-else stories across politics, crime, celebrity, and beyond. You'll help lead the reporting staff, help set assignments, and serve as a key quality gate-reviewing sourcing, structure, and exclusivity before stories move to final publishing approval.
About What You'll Do
• Reports directly to the Senior Executive Editor, who retains final authority under the Editor-in-Chief on all assignment and publishing decisions
• Work closely with the Senior Executive Editor to co-lead the reporting staff, jointly setting daily priorities, assignments, and editorial direction
• Serve as a quality gate for stories-reviewing sourcing, structure, and exclusivity before stories move to final approval
• Run or co-run daily pitch meetings, sharpening pitches and pushing reporters toward genuine exclusives rather than "me-too" coverage
• Coach reporters on developing proprietary sources and original angles across celebrity, politics, crime, and general-interest beats
• Provide fast, in-the-moment feedback on breaking news and deeper mentorship on longer-lead enterprise stories
• Determine when a story is ready to publish and when it requires further development to protect its exclusivity
• Help staff and manage coverage across a near-24/7 news cycle, including nights, weekends, and breaking news
• Partner with photo, video, and social teams to maximize the reach and impact of exclusive stories
• Apply sound judgment on sourcing standards, embargoes, and source protection, flagging issues to the Senior Executive Editor as needed
About You
• 7+ years in digital or newspaper journalism, including senior editing experience partnering with or reporting to a top editor (Executive Editor, Editor-in-Chief, etc.)
• A track record of personally breaking exclusive stories or developing reporters who have
• Demonstrated experience co-managing a newsroom staff-assigning, coaching, and evaluating reporters
• Strong news judgment and the instinct to separate a routine story from one with real exclusive value
• Excellent line-editing skills-able to rewrite and restructure quickly under deadline without losing a reporter's voice
• Comfort moving between hard news (politics, crime, and breaking news) and lifestyle/entertainment coverage (celebrity) without sacrificing rigor
• Solid understanding of sourcing standards, verification, and legal/defamation risk, especially for crime and political coverage
• Familiarity with CMS platforms and analytics tools (e.g., Chartbeat and Google Analytics) to inform coverage decisions
• A calm, decisive presence under deadline pressure, with the judgment to know which calls need to go to the Senior Executive Editor
• A true editorial partner-someone the Senior Executive Editor can delegate judgment to, not just tasks
• A trusted leader reporters bring ideas and problems to, confident their input will be taken seriously
• Relentlessly focused on exclusives: first interviews, leaked documents, original investigations, and angles competitors don't have
• A clear, direct communicator who can align a news team around a shared editorial vision
About What We Offer
• Salary range: $200,000-$250,000, plus a 20% bonus opportunity
• Attractive benefits package, including healthcare, vision, dental, and 401(k)
• Generous PTO allowance
