Standards Editor

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New York, NY
200K-250K Annually
1-3 Years Experience
Digital Media • News + Entertainment
The Role
The Standards Editor at Business Insider will lead the setting and upholding of editorial standards, review and edit stories and videos, advise on sensitive reporting situations, and coordinate with legal and communications teams. This role involves developing training sessions and ensuring compliance with journalistic standards.
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Business Insider is hiring a Standards Editor to join our global newsroom to lead in setting and upholding our editorial standards.

Business Insider is for people who are driven, optimistic and always looking forward. Our mission is to inspire action through thought-provoking stories. We tell our audience what they want and need to know to improve their lives and the world with storytelling that is accessible, smart, sometimes unexpected, and always helpful. Our team members embody and uphold Business Insider’s three core values: we are all one team, we are effective, and we strive to get better every day.

The Role & Team:

Business Insider seeks a Standards Editor to help ensure the daily journalistic excellence of our global, award-winning publication. 

As Standards Editor you will work with the Editor in Chief to set standards and policies on reporting, editing, and publishing. Topics will range from use of anonymous sources to use of AI in reporting and publishing. 

The Standards Editor will conduct pre-publication review of sensitive content, from articles to videos, and will also oversee our publication of corrections. The copy desk will report into the Standards Editor.

The Standards Editor will take an active role leading newsroom training on standards matters. The editor will work closely with BI’s legal and communications teams. 

The Standards Editor will report to the Editor in Chief. This role will be located in New York City, with the editor expected to work from our headquarters at One Liberty Plaza three to five days a week.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Review and edit stories and videos as appropriate from across the newsroom to ensure they meet BI’s journalistic standards.
  • Review and make recommendations to the Editor in Chief on editorial standards and policies to ensure clarity and legal compliance, and suggest adjustments where necessary. 
  • Develop training sessions for the newsroom around specific guidance.  
  • Advise editors and reporters on sensitive reporting situations, including corrections notes.  
  • Coordinate with the legal and communications teams as appropriate.

The Ideal Candidate Has:

  • At least ten years of editing experience including editing of complicated, sensitive stories.
  • At least three years of experience directly editing reporters, ideally in business/tech/finance coverage. 
  • Excellent judgment and reasoning skills, and a proven ability to articulate reasons for complex journalistic decisions.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across teams.
  • A passion for news and the ability to work in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
  • Standards editing experience is strongly recommended though not required. 

Salary & Benefits: 

  • Base salary: $200,000 - $250,000 (dependent on skills, experience, and competencies) and a performance based bonus.
  • Unlimited PTO, 10 paid holidays, and 16 weeks of parental leave
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
  • Matched and vested 401k plan
  • Access to resources for financial planning guidance, family planning services, mental health reachout and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
  • Additional benefits include commuter benefits, phone reimbursement, gym membership discounts, and more 


Business Insider is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and, when making employment  decisions, does not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, age, nationality or national origin, religion, disability, familial status, and military or veteran status. We encourage members of traditionally underrepresented groups to apply.

Are you passionate about this opportunity, but worried that you don’t have 100% of the experience we’re looking for? We still want to hear from you! Apply online and let us know why you would make a great addition to Business Insider.

About Business Insider: 

Business Insider is a global journalism company that covers the world of  business, tech, innovation, and beyond. With headquarters in New York and offices in San Francisco, London, Belfast, and Singapore, we reach an audience of more than 375 million with storytelling that’s fascinating, unexpected, and always helpful.

As a company, we strive to be inspiring and effective, we value Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging. Our company motto is “get better every day,” which means we value all people. Diversity reflects the different life experiences, identities, and perspectives that make each of us unique. For more information on our DEI mission click here.

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Insider Inc. is a global news and lifestyle publication with teams in New York, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and beyond. Our mission is to inform and inspire the digital generation and become the most influential and loved journalism brand in the world. T

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