News Editor Digital Health

WHO WE ARE:

At Closer Still we strive to deliver the best. Were on a mission to be the most dynamic B2B events and communities business in every market we serve bringing people together to learn connect and grow.

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About Digital Health

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.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

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 Healths 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 Healths editor and will line-manage the teams 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 were primarily looking for is someone with sparkling editorial and organisational skills.

THE ROLE:

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 and planned publication date. Be able to maintain the schedule even when certain stories dont materialise or are delayed.

Line-manage the teams news reporter. Assist the news reporters 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 collaboratively with teams within the business. Share knowledge with colleagues and learn from other teams to support the news teams work.

Represent Digital Health at events meetings and press conferences. This notably includes our annual conferences Digital Health Rewired and Digital Health Summer Schools.

ABOUT YOU:

Essential

Superior writing and editing skills coupled with strong news judgement honed in journalism and/or…