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Department: Editorial
Reports to: Editor Guardian US
Location: New York, NY or San Francisco, CA
Hybrid/Remote/In-Person: Hybrid
Terms and conditions: Full time, Permanent
Annual Salary: $160,000 - $190,000
The Global Head of Technology Journalism is a new role that reflects The Guardian’s commitment to the coverage of the crucial role of the tech sector in shaping society and politics across the world. This role exists to ensure the organisation competes at the highest level in one of the most consequential and fast-moving beats in modern journalism. The Guardian has dedicated technology reporters in the US, the UK and Australia.
The Global Head of Technology Journalism will develop and lead the delivery of a strategy to ensure our reporters:
You will also be responsible for coordinating global technology projects and investigations.
Ideally the Global Head of Technology Journalism has multimedia experience and will be able to develop and enrich the Guardian’s technology coverage on- and off-platform, driving audience growth and engagement.
Working with senior editors in the US, UK and Australia, the Global Head of Technology Journalism will shape editorial priorities across regions, determine where the organisation should focus its reporting resources and which emerging areas require sustained coverage, with special attention to the intersection of tech and power. You will connect reporters and editors across time zones into a single collaborative network, ensuring a genuinely global technology desk with around-the-clock reporting capability and shared editorial standards.
Key Responsibilities
Key contacts and relationships (internal and external)
Knowledge & experience
Skills and behaviours
How to apply
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Compensation and benefits
Culture & wellbeing
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