Assistant Editor

Cabin Radio is a growing, independent northern broadcaster, entirely owned and operated in Yellowknife, NWT. Our small team produces high-quality journalism and authentically northern audio and video entertainment.

Current vacancies:
Assistant Editor (position open until filled)

First, a little about us.

We welcome applications from all candidates with appropriate qualifications, regardless of their background or circumstances. Cabin Radio’s recruitment is governed by our hiring policy and human resources policy, which set out our commitment to fair and equitable hiring.

Candidates in northern communities, who may not have had access to the education and training opportunities necessary to secure appropriate professional qualifications, are welcome to apply for all roles. These applications will be considered on their own merits. Candidates without recognized qualifications should set out efforts they have made to develop relevant skills.

Cabin Radio strives to offer a supportive and welcoming work environment. Our priority is ensuring the mental and physical well-being of our staff.

We take pride in the service we provide for Northwest Territories residents and we expect our employees to work hard; in return, our employees should expect us to support them, offer regular opportunities for meaningful training and development, and take reasonable steps to accommodate their needs as individuals.

We offer four weeks’ paid vacation, benefits, flexible working, all statutory holidays, and a bonus fifth week of paid on‑call leave between Christmas and New Year each winter.

We’re an exciting and innovative place to work. We look forward to your application.

Cabin Radio is hiring an assistant editor to help lead our newsroom’s coverage of the Northwest Territories.

Join the NWT’s leading independent newsroom and help us bring high-quality journalism to the North every day. If you care about how the news looks and feels, how it resonates and how rigorous it is, we’d love for you to apply.

This role focuses on our written journalism with some opportunities to work on our broadcast journalism.

Questions the successful candidate will be asking in our newsroom daily are:
Is this the right story? Are voices missing? Could our presentation be better? Should I assign a follow‑up? Is this a story I can take myself? Do we need graphics for this? Could this be a podcast? Is this legally sound? How should we treat this on air?

This is a role that suits an experienced journalist motivated by a newsroom that’s cherished by its audience and strives to be the last word in reliable daily news for an entire territory.

It’s also a role that suits a developing journalist looking to advance their career by taking on more responsibility for the day-to-day operations of a small newsroom while under the supervision of an experienced newsroom editor.

If you have questions, ask our editor, who’ll be glad to set up a time to talk before you apply.

Alongside our editor, you’ll be supervising and editing the journalism of a small team. Important qualities include the ability to apply a style guide, preserve our newsroom’s voice in written copy, ensure the consistency and reliability of our coverage, and guide less experienced reporters working on complex stories.

Your eye for editing must be exceptional – you’ll be relied on to ensure your colleagues’ reporting meets our editorial standards (and makes sense!) before publication.

You’ll be responsible for some of our newsroom’s breaking news coverage, delivering accurate, robust reporting when every second counts. You’ll also be able to pursue some longer‑form journalism.

You’ll be a key link between our team members, helping to run newsroom meetings, assign stories, and join up our reporting so it forms a coherent whole to our audience.

We’re in constant contact with our audience, taking in story tips and suggestions alongside feedback and more general enquiries. You’ll be a public-facing ambassador for the newsroom, helping to make sure our readers and listeners are heard.