AM Editor at cpm

Compensation

$90,168 – $100,000/yr

Type: Full-time
Posted: Jul 13, 2026

Description

Chicago Public Media is seeking an experienced AM Editor to lead daily news coverage across various platforms, including broadcast, digital, podcasts, and print. The successful candidate will collaborate with anchors, producers, and reporters to develop and execute compelling stories, ensuring high-quality content and maintaining consistency in coverage. This full-time, permanent position involves managing assignment planning, editing stories, conducting editorial training, and contributing to overall newsroom operations.

Required Skills

news judgment
writing skills
multiplatform journalism

Additional Information

Required Previous Experiences: 4+ years of experience as an Editor with strong news judgment
Preferred Qualifications: Outstanding news judgment and experience leading journalists to produce work of tremendous distinction and community impact.
Demonstrated passion for leading creative daily news coverage.
Ability to conceptualize and edit news stories for content, accuracy, pacing, ideas, narrative and voice.
Strong writing skills.
Fluency and enthusiasm for multiplatform journalism.
Deep commitment to the highest standards of journalistic ethics and the mission of public media.
Ability to articulate your own ideas precisely and concisely – and to cultivate the strong ideas that come from other producers, editors, and reporters.
Strong relationship builder and naturally collaborative leader.
Knowledge of the Chicago region’s rich diversity of stories, sectors and communities is very helpful.