Overview
CNN is seeking a Senior Business Editor to join its EMEA headquarters in London and take a leading role in shaping the world’s biggest and most important stories at the intersection of business, economy and current affairs. This is a role for an ambitious and creative digital‑first business journalist with outstanding news judgment, excellent communication skills, and a passion for breaking news and distinctive enterprise reporting that differentiates CNN in a competitive market.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the business news agenda during EMEA hours and oversee editorial in all formats and on all of CNN’s platforms, with a focus on business, markets, tech, media and economy coverage, and an eye for emerging regional trends.
- Set up the morning for CNN’s US audience, advancing overnight stories and ensuring that the essential business content greets US readers and subscribers as they wake up.
- Commission, frame, edit and write editorial content for all of CNN’s platforms, including breaking news, analysis and distinctive enterprise journalism; work across formats including digital text, video and visuals.
- Collaborate closely with correspondents, editors and stakeholders worldwide on multi‑region and multi‑platform projects.
- Ensure all journalism produced adheres to CNN standards and integrity.
- Manage at least one business reporter on the EMEA news desk.
- Work as part of a global 24/7 digital‑first cross‑platform team, providing a key editorial link between CNN’s APAC and US operations.
- Work occasional weekends and evenings as required.
Qualifications & Experience
- Minimum 8 years of business news editing and/or writing experience for leading digital‑first news outlets, with a proven track record in high‑pressure, breaking news environments.
- Superior news judgment with the ability to think in headlines and frame complex business stories for a global audience, specifically the US morning market.
- Experience conceiving and producing distinctive enterprise journalism, identifying unique reporting opportunities and/or investigative works.
- Enthusiasm, flexibility and a desire to foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment.
- Exceptional writing skills, editing skills, news judgment and an obsession with precision.
- Strong desire to experiment with storytelling formats and think creatively about how we serve our multiplatform audience.
- Exceptional planning and organizational skills with a demonstrable track record of executing detailed digital‑first coverage plans.
- Perfect grasp of written and spoken English.
- Hybrid work model; this role combines remote and in‑office work, subject to company policy and agreement with a line manager.
Working Conditions
This role is advertised as a hybrid work model, combining remote and in‑office work, following WBD’s current company policy and to be agreed with your line manager. Subject to applicable laws, WBD reserves the right to change this working agreement where essential to business needs with reasonable notice.
Equal Opportunity Employment
Warner Bros. Discovery is an equal opportunity employer that considers qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law. If you’re a qualified candidate with a disability and you require adjustments or accommodations during the job application and/or recruitment process, please visit our accessibility page for instructions to submit your request.
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