Innovation in Focus Editor

Location: columbia, Missouri
Job Category: Online | New Media
Job ID: 13678
Employment Type: Full time
Salary: per year
Posted: 03.18.2026

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Job Description:

The position is our Innovation in Focus Editor. This person leads our Innovation in Focus series, which partners with a different newsroom (or cohort of newsrooms) each month to help them try something new. These short term experiments are aimed towards helping the newsroom innovate, while producing how-to articles that let other newsrooms and journalists replicate the innovation. In the past these experiments have ranged from zines to election events, testing transcription tools to revenue strategies. This position also publishes the monthly Innovation in Focus newsletter which is a roundup of each month’s articles, and helps oversee our RJI Student Innovation Fellows in their summer fellowships.

➕ Money & benefits:

• Salary is $65k-75k
• 23 days off a year, 10 holidays + Winter leave (Dec 25-Jan 1 off)
• Medical, dental and vision
• 401k with 8% match (vests after 3 years)
• Professional development & conference support
• Moving stipend, tuition assistance and other perks (ask me! Or read more here!)

Read more: bit.ly/hiringinnovrji

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