News Editor wanted (Canadian news) | $300 CAD per issue

COMPANY/PUBLICATION: THIS MAGAZINE

Deadline: 5 September 2025

This Magazine is hiring a News Editor!

Applications are due Friday, September 5 at noon EST.

Are you always on top of the Canadian news cycle? Are you well-versed on a wide variety of news topics? Are you always looking for progressive topics and angles? Are you enthusiastic about independent publishing? If so, we want you! This Magazine is looking for a News Editor!

Our News Editor is responsible for overseeing the magazine’s front-of-book This & That section. This Magazine publishes four print issues a year, with each issue featuring four news stories, including one profile (600 words) and three stories that fall under our various news slugs (300-400 words each). We cover topics including, but not limited to: health, education, labour, harm reduction, housing, poverty, urban issues, rural issues, elections, new bills/laws/studies/reports, race and racism, feminism, Indigenous rights, and LGBTQ2S+ issues. We work with a mix of experienced and emerging writers, with an emphasis on bringing in new and diverse voices. We strive for regional diversity within the section, for example covering stories from various urban and rural locations across the country, as well as national stories. The section takes a progressive lens to Canadian news topics and highlights social justice issues and stories left out of the mainstream national media (we’ll sometimes cover stories that have received press in local, community, or campus media).

Ideal candidates have some combination of editing experience, news writing experience, connections to emerging Canadian journalists, interest in various topics on the news spectrum, and a love of independent publishing. This is a part-time position that pays a small per-issue honorarium ($300.00). It is a remote position that can be done from anywhere in Canada. Candidates must be Canadian residents.

This Magazine encourages applications by individuals from marginalized groups currently underrepresented in Canadian media. We’re looking for early career editors with a good understanding of This’s mandate and what makes a This story and angle.

If you have questions about the News Editor position, please email This Magazine Publisher Lisa Whittington-Hill (publisher@this.org). Please email your resume and cover letter by September 5, 2025 at noon EST with the subject line “News Editor application” to publisher@this.org.

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CONTACT INFORMATION (please do not share the email address publicly):

Questions/applications: publisher@this.org

Website: https://this.org/

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