Web Site Editor

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Web Site Editor

Company:
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies

Position:
Web Site Editor

Location:
Washington, District of Columbia

Job Status:
Full-time

Salary:
$30,000 to $35,000

Ad Expires: 
December 28, 2005

Job ID:
575421

Website:
http://aan.org




Description:
Looking for an ambitious, talented journalist to take complete responsibility for the content on our fast-growing Web site. AltWeeklies.com serves as both a portal to North America's alternative newspapers and an internal system for facilitating the licensing of content between our member papers, which includes alt-weeklies like The Village Voice, Boston Phoenix and Washington City Paper.

The editor will update the site on a daily basis, finding and posting relevant articles from a variety of papers, and editing postings by other papers to conform to style; seeking and sizing photos to appear on the home page and in the highlighted position in each of eight sections; choosing lead articles, and 'hot topics`; creating promotions of special content; offering technical support and advice to submitters; responding to queries from the site's readers; encouraging use of teasers on members' Web sites; working with Web developers to improve site functions; and performing other duties to continue to boost the site's readership and visibility.

Requires the ability to quickly read, analyze and accurately summarize news and culture stories; excellent writing and editing skills; understanding and appreciation of alternative journalism; and a deeply-ingrained sense of fairness, diplomacy and good judgment.

Send a cover letter and resume by Tuesday, Dec. 6 to Richard Karpel at rkarpel@aan.org or 1250 Eye St., NW, Suite 804, Washington, DC 20005.