WABE is Atlanta’s public media service, serving NPR, PBS, and local news. We are seeking an investigations editor to join our 21-person news team. The editor will lead enterprise projects with beat reporters, morning and evening shows, and the digital team, with opportunities to pursue additional reporting projects. The editor will oversee multimedia projects for radio, digital, and social platforms in collaboration with the managing editor, deputy managing editor, and senior editor of digital. The ideal candidate will have investigative editing and/or investigative reporting experience. The position does not directly manage staff, but there is potential for growth in that area. The investigations editor will be part of the senior editor and producer group and collaborate with colleagues across the newsroom. Strong organizational skills, deadline discipline, and the ability to manage multiple long-term projects are essential. The editor should develop knowledge in education and/or housing beats, which will be focus areas, and will lead investigative reporting across politics, health, environment, business, criminal justice, immigration, and Southside beats. The editor will participate in a weekend editor rotation and may fill in for other editorial positions.

Accountabilities: - Story development: collaborate with reporters to develop investigative ideas from tips, data, documents, or leads; assess newsworthiness, feasibility, and risk; set reporting plans and timelines for multi-week or multi-month investigations. - Reporting guidance: direct use of public records request

WABE is Atlanta’s public media service, serving NPR, PBS, and local news. We are seeking an investigations editor to join our 21-person news team. The editor will lead enterprise projects with beat reporters, morning and evening shows, and the digital team, with opportunities to pursue additional reporting projects. The editor will oversee multimedia projects for radio, digital, and social platforms in collaboration with the managing editor, deputy managing editor, and senior editor of digital. The ideal candidate will have investigative editing and/or investigative reporting experience. The position does not directly manage staff, but there is potential for growth in that area. The investigations editor will be part of the senior editor and producer group and collaborate with colleagues across the newsroom. Strong organizational skills, deadline discipline, and the ability to manage multiple long-term projects are essential. The editor should develop knowledge in education and/or housing beats, which will be focus areas, and will lead investigative reporting across politics, health, environment, business, criminal justice, immigration, and Southside beats. The editor will participate in a weekend editor rotation and may fill in for other editorial positions.

Accountabilities: - Story development: collaborate with reporters to develop investigative ideas from tips, data, documents, or leads; assess newsworthiness, feasibility, and risk; set reporting plans and timelines for multi-week or multi-month investigations. - Reporting guidance: direct use of public records request