Collaborative Editor

The USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism, founded in 2004, is seeking to hire a veteran editor to lead our award-winning non-profit journalism collaborative focused on health and health equity and working with ethnic media news outlets across California. The Collaborative News Editor will create educational programming, serve as project editor, mentor reporters at different skills levels and lead a learning and reporting effort that will involve 5-7 ethnic media outlets in California. As project manager, you’ll nurture esprit de corps and build a virtual newsroom among the reporters, newsroom leaders and their editorial colleagues, brainstorming on story ideas, editing copy and developing a learning curriculum with the program design and priorities established in collaboration with participating newsrooms. You will also be expected to track outcomes and contribute to reports on our progress. Here are prior stories from the past two years of the initiative, which won 14 regional and national awards in its first year.

This is a 40 hour per week, grant-funded, hybrid, staff position based in Los Angeles, with a two-day-weekly in-office requirement.  

Preferred Qualifications:

Successful candidates should have at least 3-5 years in an editorial leadership role and demonstrated expertise in reporting and/or editing on social welfare, equity, health and health policy topics. Editing and project management experience are a must. Bilingual skills are a plus as are cross-platform skills. Journalists with experience in the ethnic media sector and candidates familiar with the California health policy landscape are especially encouraged. We seek applicants who are creative and enterprising with strong project management and editing skills, a collaborative spirit, health journalism expertise and the ability to keep a team on track, managing both long term goals and responding to breaking news opportunities and newsroom challenges.

Salary Range and Additional Information:

• The annual salary range for this position is $87,000- $91,000. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.
• Job openings are posted for a minimum of (5) five business days. This job may be removed from posting boards and filled any time after the minimum posting period has ended, so please apply on the same business day if interested.
• USC has excellent benefits, including health benefits for staff and their family with access to the renowned university medical network; eligibility for retirement plans; tuition benefits for staff and their family; central Los Angeles location with easy access to commuter trains, transit subsidy program, buses and free tram pick up services; discounts to sporting and other campus events.

Applications should be submitted via usccarreers.usc.edu and should include the following:

• Resume or CV and a cover letter, (Our system will allow you to add additional documentation by clicking the “upload” button in the same section where you attach your resume.)
• If you are a current USC employee, please visit the Career Worklet on the Workday Homepage and select “Find Jobs” to view USC Jobs.

About the USC Annenberg Center for Health Journalism

The Center for Health Journalism defines health broadly to support investigations and explanatory journalism on topics ranging from the unequal impacts of urban design, to climate change, including extreme heat and flooding, and the environmental burden of industry. The Center offers fellowship and symposia that supported nearly 200 journalists in 2024, including 85 reporters participating in intensive six month to one-year programs. We reach tens of thousands more annually through our webinars and web content. Our Center has produced groundbreaking journalism in partnership with thousands of journalists and newsrooms during its 21-year history. Reporting we’ve supported has changed laws, galvanized communities and led to new Congressional legislation.

The Center for Health Journalism has hosted news collaboratives for more than a decade. It is currently in the second year of its Ethnic Media Collaborative, which brings together eight outlets serving Black, Latino, Chinese and Vietnamese audiences in California. The Center provides project and editorial management for its news collaboratives, with a dedicated editor and a supporting team handling the details of distribution and coordinating deadlines and deliverables.

About the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

Located in Los Angeles at the University of Southern California, the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism is a national leader in education and scholarship in the fields of communication, journalism, public diplomacy and public relations. With an enrollment of more than 2,200 students, USC Annenberg offers doctoral, master's and bachelor's degree programs, as well as continuing development programs for working professionals across a broad scope of academic inquiry. The school's comprehensive curriculum emphasizes the core skills of leadership, innovation, service and entrepreneurship and draws upon the resources of a networked university located in the media capital of the world. For additional information, see our website: https://annenberg.usc.edu/.

USC is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact USC Human Resources by phone at (213) 821-8100, or by email at uschr@usc.edu. Inquiries will be treated as confidential to the extent permitted by law.

USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring ordinance.

About the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism

Located in Los Angeles at the University of Southern California, the Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism is a national leader in education and scholarship in the fields of communication, journalism, public diplomacy and public relations. With an enrollment of more than 2,200 students, USC Annenberg offers doctoral, master's and bachelor's degree programs, as well as continuing development programs for working professionals across a broad scope of academic inquiry. The school's comprehensive curriculum emphasizes the core skills of leadership, innovation, service and entrepreneurship and draws upon the resources of a networked university located in the media capital of the world. For additional information, see our website: https://annenberg.usc.edu/.

USC is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law or USC policy. We provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants with questions about access or requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact USC Human Resources by phone at (213) 821-8100, or by email at uschr@usc.edu. Inquiries will be treated as confidential to the extent permitted by law.

USC will consider for employment all qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring ordinance.

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree Minimum Experience: 3 years Minimum Field of Expertise: Experience in developing and conducting training classes. Development of instructional materials.