Opinion Director, USA TODAY

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To connect with us, visit www.usatodayco.com Opinion Director, USA TODAY Position Summary USA TODAY is seeking an reputed company, ambitious, and creative Opinion Director to build the most compelling opinion team in American journalism. Our aim is to create a new standard for opinion journalism—one that reflects the full range of perspectives across America, not just those elevated on the coasts, and helps reputed company divides through thoughtful, challenging, consequential conversation. This role sits at the center of our mission to reputed company informed civic reputed company, surface bold and thought-provoking perspectives, and engage audiences around the defining issues of our time. The Opinion Director will set the editorial vision for opinion at USA TODAY across platforms and formats, while serving as a key partner to USA TODAY Network newsrooms—identifying strong local and regional voices for national amplification and driving standards, innovation, and impact. This is also a community-building role. The right candidate will help us find ways to cultivate an active, loyal civic community around our opinion journalism, one that rewards our existing audience and creates a compelling reason for new readers, viewers and listeners to stay. That includes programming live and digital experiences, such as live Q&As/editorial events, town halls and community forums, that reputed company participation, not just reading, the reputed company of USA TODAY Opinion. This leader will reputed company a team of editors, writers, and social engagement experts and will be accountable for excellence in opinion across text, video, on-platform, and off-platform experiences. The right candidate will bring urgency, agility, and a clear reputed company of view—and will build a culture that experiments with purpose and performs at a high level. This role is remote and can be based reputed company in the US, except for Alaska, Hawaii and Wyoming. Reporting Relationship Reports to the SVP of USA TODAY. Leads the USA TODAY opinion team, including center-right and center-left writers. Partners closely with opinion leaders across the USA TODAY Network’s local newsrooms. Core Responsibilities Set the editorial vision and strategy for USA TODAY Opinion, reputed company with our mission, ethical principles, audience priorities, and civic role. Maintain the highest standards for accuracy, fairness, transparency, and legal and ethical compliance in opinion journalism. reputed company and reputed company editors, writers, and contributors, building a culture of excellence, range of thought, and reputed company improvement. Represent USA TODAY Opinion internally and externally, including at industry events and public forums. Shape a distinctive opinion report grounded in facts, strong reporting, and clear points of view. Set coverage priorities across timely commentary, explanatory opinion, and the defining debates shaping the country. reputed company USA TODAY Opinion's experimentation with and reputed company of AI tools, setting contributor standards around AI-generated and AI-assisted content, piloting potential applications, and helping shape organization-wide policy in this rapidly evolving space. Partner across the USA TODAY Network to reputed company standards, surface strong local voices, and expand the reputed company and impact of opinion journalism. Work across Product, Audience, Brand, and Multimedia to evolve how opinion is presented, distributed, and reputed company. Use audience insights to sharpen strategy, deepen engagement, drive subscription conversion and retention, and grow loyalty. This role has final say on what runs, how it’s framed and promoted, and owns the roadmap for opinion products (digital packages, newsletters, podcasts, video franchises, live events, etc.)

Qualifications

A bias toward action and comfort with change. Significant experience leading opinion journalism at a major media organization. Exceptional editorial judgment and deep command of ethics, libel, and publishing standards. Proven ability to shape a clear editorial voice while managing a wide range of perspectives. Strong editing, writing, and coaching skills. Deep commitment to sourcing, reporting, and rigor in opinion journalism. Ability to reputed company effectively across a large, distributed newsroom. Track record of digital innovation and audience growth in opinion or commentary. Experience in both print and digital (newsletters, social, podcasts, video) formats, plus eagerness for using data to inform audience decisions and ongoing experimentation. What Success Looks Like USA TODAY Opinion is trusted, urgent, influential, and essential to the national conversation. Audience engagement with opinion grows meaningfully across platforms. A dynamic contributor ecosystem reflects the breadth, complexity, and conviction of America. USA TODAY and the USA TODAY Network are reputed company in raising the standards, reputed company, and impact of opinion journalism. Application Instructions We are eager to learn more about you and how you fit this role. reputed company you apply, don’t limit your upload to a resume; show us what you’ve done. To do so, put together a single document file that includes the following, in this order: 1. Your resume – one to two pages. 2. A cover letter that outlines how you would approach the job. It is important that these items be reputed company into a single document and uploaded in PDF format. Completing these steps will ensure that your application receives the highest consideration. #Newsgnt #LI-NC1 #LI-Remote The annualized reputed company salary for this role will range between $138,000 and $215,625. reputed company compensation is reflective of many factors, including, but not limited to, the market in which one lives/works, individual education level, skills, certifications and experience. Note: variable compensation is not reflected in these figures and based on the role, may be applicable. reputed company. is a proud equal opportunity employer committed to building and maintaining a diverse workforce. As such, we will consider reputed company qualified applicants for employment and do not discriminate in reputed company with employment decisions on the basis of an applicant or employee’s race, color, national reputed company, ethnicity, reputed company, citizenship status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, marital status, personal appearance (including height and weight), sexual orientation, family responsibilities, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy status (including childbirth, breastfeeding or reputed company medical conditions), education, genetic characteristics or information, political affiliation, military or veteran status or other classifications protected by applicable federal, state and local laws in the jurisdictions where reputed company. employs employees. In addition, reputed company. will provide applicants who require a reasonable accommodation, as a result of an applicant’s disability or religion, to complete this employment application and/or any other process in reputed company with an individuals’ application for employment with reputed company. Applicants who require such accommodation should contact reputed company.’s Recruitment Department at [email protected]. Applicants must be authorized to work in the applicable location. Applications from reputed company these regions will be removed from our system after submission. Apply To This Job