Assignment Editor – Budget and Appropriations

Assignment Editor – Budget and Appropriations

Requirements

• Strong working knowledge about Congress, the White House, federal agencies, and the Supreme Court, with special attention to public finances and spending processes
• Excellent news judgment
• Passionate about policy and politics
• Bachelor’s degree
• 10+ years of work experience in daily journalism, preferably focused on policy and political stories about the federal government, with increasing levels of responsibility including 3+ years in management roles

Responsibilities

• Managing a team focused on the budget and appropriations process for the federal government
• Coordinate reporters to cover key legislation and complete vote entry in the CQ database
• Editing and occasional writing of the CQ Budget Tracker newsletter
• Coordination and occasional hosting of the CQ Budget Tracker podcast
• Writing and doing second edits for other team coverage as needed
• Editing other newsletters as needed
• Moderating panel discussions, webinars, and other newsroom and corporate events, including other CQ Roll Call podcasts

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a newsroom in a senior role
• Knowledge of CQ and RollCall systems and processes