About the role
The Lantern Review is a fictional nonprofit newsroom, and this sample listing shows how a senior editing role on an investigations team might be described. The editor would guide a small group of reporters through long-running projects that test the climate claims made by companies and public bodies, following documents, datasets and people wherever they lead.
This is an editing role first and a reporting role second. The person who fills it would shape story ideas, decide where reporting effort is best spent, and make sure that every published claim is backed by evidence the team can show.
What you will do
- Edit investigative drafts from first outline through final copy, giving specific, usable notes at each stage.
- Plan project timelines, set milestones with reporters and agree when a story is ready for legal and fact-check review.
- Work with the newsroom's legal reviewer on risk, right of reply and the handling of sensitive documents.
- Mentor early- and mid-career reporters on records requests, source protection and methodical note keeping.
- Coordinate with the data and graphics staff so that charts and interactive pieces match the reporting.
- Help plan publication, including embargoes, partner outlets that may republish the work, and corrections if they are ever needed.
What we are looking for
- Several years of editing or leading investigative reporting, with at least one long project you can describe in detail.
- A track record of careful, fair handling of contested claims and of people who disagree with the reporting.
- Comfort reading technical or financial documents, or the curiosity to learn quickly and ask experts good questions.
- Strong judgement about when a story is finished and when it needs more reporting.
- A collaborative style that gets the best from reporters without taking over their stories.
How the team works
The Lantern Review is imagined as a fully remote newsroom. Editors and reporters work across US time zones, overlap for a shared planning call early in the week and otherwise manage their own schedules around deadlines. Written updates are preferred over meetings, and each project keeps a shared log of sources, documents and decisions so that any colleague can pick it up.
The team values transparency about method. Where possible, stories link to the underlying documents or explain why they cannot, and every project has a named person responsible for checking facts before publication.
Pay and conditions
The salary shown on this page is an illustrative range written for this launch edition: $135,000 to $165,000 for a full-time role. It is not drawn from any real employer or survey. The working mode is remote, with occasional optional travel for reporting.
A real listing would also describe benefits, leave, equipment and how legal support works. Accessibility needs and reasonable adjustments are welcome topics at any stage of a hiring process, and a good employer will say so plainly.