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Public Safety Coverage Editor

Company

Advance Local

Location

Portland, OR

Posted

June 29, 2026

Position Overview

**Job Description**
**_Strengthening and empowering all of the communities we serve._**

**The Oregonian/OregonLive** seeks an experienced editor to shape our Public Safety coverage, with an emphasis on high-impact accountability journalism and narrative storytelling. This editor should be able to elevate quick hits but also have the ambition to take on investigations and multipart series - and a keen sense of which stories will most benefit from more time and resources.

With a team of fast-moving breaking news reporters and proven investigators, this editor will have the opportunity to lead coverage that exposes policy and institutional failures, improves public understanding of crime and justice systems, and shapes the regional conversation.

The salary range for this position is $75,000 to $95,000 per year, depending on experience.

You’ll lead a talented mix of early-career and deeply experienced journalists, including supervisors who report d...

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