Managing Editor Goodnewspaper

Good Good Good is an independent media company on a mission to help people feel hopeful and do good. Our team of journalists covers meaningful good news — via our website (), social media accounts @goodgoodgoodco, and the Good newspaper, our monthly print newspaper. We reject toxic positivity, and instead focus on the people, ideas, and movements making meaningful progress toward a better world.

Our work reaches tens of millions of people each month — and our community tells us again and again how much our stories mean to them. The New York Times, Washington Post, Mashable, and others have covered Good Good Good. Our Instagram is followed by world leaders and celebrities. Our impact and reach have scaled a lot since we launched in 2017.

But, we're fully bootstrapped — no venture capital, no outside investors, no billionaire owners. Our revenue comes from our readers and our subscribers, and we're proud of that. We're building something to last, and we care about impact, trust, and sustainable long-term growth.

Although our audience is large, our team is intentionally small. We operate as a startup — moving quickly, constantly testing new things, taking ownership, and figuring out how to meet the moment … all while staying true to our values. Everyone on our team has the opportunity to make a meaningful impact across different departments and shape the future of the company, regardless of title.

• Join a small, high-impact team that reaches tens of millions of people every month
• Help write the playbook for how independent news succeeds in a challenging era for media, alongside a team that's growing despite it
• Work directly with company leadership and have a meaningful voice in how we grow
• Build your career in an environment that values ownership and curiosity, and rewards people who step up, solve problems, and make an impact

We're looking for a Managing Editor who will lead all things editorial for our website and the Good newspaper, our monthly print newspaper filled with good news. It's a senior leadership role where you're very much hands‑on. You'll set content strategy, manage and develop a small editorial team, write stories, edit other people's work, and build the systems that let us publish well consistently.

The Good newspaper ships every month on a hard deadline, and you'll own that deliverable.

You'll report to the Editor‑in‑Chief and CEO, and you'll manage at least one person from day one. Within the first year, we expect to hire at least one more writer, who will also report to you. The role will grow as the company grows.

We don't use AI to write any of our journalism. (Humans only!)

• Roughly 45% of your time goes to planning, writing, and editing articles for the website.
• Roughly 45% goes to brainstorming, managing, and writing for the Good newspaper.
• And 10% goes to people management, scheduling, and logistics.

The newspaper runs on a monthly cycle — with some weeks' Good newspaper tasks being busier and other weeks being lighter. (We already have awesome systems in place! Making the Good newspaper every month is the thing our team is the very best at!) Each Good newspaper is roughly 14 pages of written content.

On the digital side, we publish good news articles 'd write around two web stories a day. Our approach is curatorial, and fast. We want to be super specific about that, because it's not a fit for every journalist. The way we think of it:
Good news exists in the world, but it's hard for our audience to find on their own. They trust our voice. Our job is to bring good news to our readers — in our style, with clarity and accuracy, in a timely fashion. It is not long‑form enterprise reporting. If…