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Weekend News Editor

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The Weekend News Editor is a senior member of the home news editing team working at the heart of our busy newsroom. This role has primary responsibility for creating, planning and executing news coverage for the Sunday Telegraph newspaper and Telegraph website on a Saturday. They also work with the wider news desk team to create, plan and execute exclusive stories for the Telegraph and plan the coverage of upcoming events. We require an original thinker who can suggest and deliver new angles on stories, spot stories that other news editors may miss and who has the persistence and precision to ensure that copy is perfectly prosecuted. They should also be confident in running major breaking news stories and political news stories. The successful candidate must be of sufficient experience and seniority to assume full responsibility for leading the news coverage on Saturdays. This is a full-time position, working Tuesday - Saturday.

Job Responsibility:

  • Responsibility for creating, planning and executing news coverage for the Sunday Telegraph and Telegraph newspapers and the Telegraph website
  • Must be able to identify fresh angles to develop news stories and ensure Telegraph coverage is ground-breaking and original
  • Planning coverage of upcoming events, including liaising with other departments
  • Will be required to work with the National News Editor and News Editor (Projects) to maximise the impact of significant Telegraph investigations and exclusives over multiple days
  • Expected to work with specialist and senior reporters to craft original ideas into news stories which have impact and are optimised over print and digital
  • Responsibility for editing reporters’ stories to promote the strongest news lines
  • Managing and nurturing junior members of newsdesk and reporting staff
  • Attending conference and planning meetings on behalf of the news desk, presenting plans to the editor and other senior editorial staff

Requirements:

  • Proven track record of news editing at a high level in a mainstream national news outlet
  • Ability to seek out exclusive stories and to identify and manage breaking news stories
  • Experience of selling stories at news conferences in a compelling and engaging fashion
  • Experience of planning coverage of future news events and preparing diary items of news
  • Experience of working to tight daily deadlines
  • Strong ability to edit articles clearly, concisely and to house style
  • Familiarity with and experience of digital publishing
What we offer:
  • Dynamic working opportunities
  • Medical cover
  • Parental leave (six months fully paid maternity leave and enhanced paternity/partner leave)
  • Life assurance
  • Season ticket loans
  • Access to a variety of training and development opportunities through The Academy

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 13, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
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