Job Title: Copy Editor
Company: The Atlantic
Location: Washington, D.C. (onsite / hybrid per posting)
Schedule: Full-time; typical schedule includes Tuesday–Saturday; role may require night, early-morning, or weekend work at times.
Salary: $69,000 – $80,000.
What You’ll Do:
Edit copy across The Atlantic’s daily coverage and longer features to ensure clarity, accuracy, and adherence to house style; line-edit stories for grammar, punctuation, flow, and tone; edit headlines, social posts, and metadata; perform light fact checks as needed; work closely with reporters, desk editors, and digital teams to prepare copy for publication on web and in print; help maintain editorial standards under deadline pressure.
Required Qualifications (high level):
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At least three (3) years’ professional copy-editing experience in a newsroom or comparable editorial environment.
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Excellent command of grammar, punctuation, and accepted usage; familiarity with the Chicago Manual of Style.
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Strong headline-writing skills and experience editing social-media copy.
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Ability to work quickly and accurately under tight deadlines and to collaborate well with reporters and editors.
Why it’s unique:
Editing for a major national outlet blends high editorial standards with fast daily production—you’ll touch everything from breaking news to longform features and help shape how complex stories read for a broad audience. This is a Guild position with newsroom-level expectations and benefits.
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Would You Take This Job?
Would you join a national newsroom as a copy editor—balancing fast turnaround edits for daily news with careful line editing on feature pieces? Why or why not?