News Editor Digital Health Conference

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Digital Health – part of Closer Still Media – is a news, events, and networking business focused on healthcare IT in the UK, with a specific focus on the NHS.

Our online news service publishes around three stories each day, keeping UK and NHS digital healthcare leaders informed on all the latest developments in the sector. It also includes features-based content and opinion, including sponsored content.

Digital Health, a news, events, and network business focused on healthcare IT and digitisation in the UK, specifically within the NHS, is seeking a news editor.

Working as part of a small editorial team consisting of Digital Health's editor, its news reporter and two or three part‑time freelance editorial staffers, the news editor will take responsibility for all news output.

The role involves hands‑on reporting, editorial leadership, and sub‑editing. The post holder will report to Digital Health's editor and will line‑manage the team's news reporter.

The successful candidate is likely to have several years of experience in journalism, communications, or content. You may be someone who has already held an editing role, or someone looking to step up from a reporting job into one.

While specialist knowledge of IT and digitisation, healthcare, or the NHS is helpful, it is absolutely not a pre‑requisite. What we're primarily looking for is someone with sparkling editorial and organisational skills.

• Manage the news list and news schedule, with three stories published each weekday. Maintain the news list, with details of the topic, assigned writer, deadline, sub‑editor, and planned publication date. Be able to maintain the schedule even when certain stories don’t materialise or are delayed.
• Line‑manage the team's news reporter. Assist the news reporter's continued development, offer support and constructive feedback, and guide work.
• Source stories and build contacts. Working with other members of the Digital Health editorial team, identify stories of likely interest to our audience and to key contacts and opinion leaders.
• Assign stories and manage deadlines. Be fully responsible for assigning stories to team members, setting clear deadlines, and helping ensure those deadlines are met.
• Write stories. Write high‑quality news stories, tailored to the audience and delivered on deadline.
• Sub‑edit stories. Sub‑edit news stories written by other editorial colleagues, recognising issues and correcting them as needed.
• Publish content via our content management system (Word Press). Upload content and images, tag correctly, and schedule publication.
• Promote Digital Health content. Draft and publish social media posts; support the production of weekly newsletters.
• Support the news reporter with the Digital Health podcast as required. Potentially appear as a guest or host and/or support the development of topics and recruitment of guests.
• Support the editor with non‑news content as required, including opinion and commercially backed editorial content. Potentially edit, commission, or project manage such content.
• Work collaboratively with fellow members of the editorial team. Support colleagues and share knowledge as needed to ensure every team member can work to the best of their ability.
• Work…