What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lifestyle Editor position at The Daily Wire?
The Daily Wire is seeking a Lifestyle Editor to lead and grow our lifestyle coverage across culture, family, health, faith, and human-interest storytelling. Reporting to the Managing Editor, this role oversees the development, editing, and publication of engaging, mission-aligned content that resonates with our audience.
As a senior editor and strategic leader, the Lifestyle Editor shapes the editorial direction of the lifestyle vertical, manages writers and contributors, and ensures coverage reflects The Daily Wire’s values while meeting high standards for quality, accuracy, and audience engagement.
Primary Responsibilities
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As a senior editor and strategic leader, the Lifestyle Editor shapes the editorial direction of the lifestyle vertical, manages writers and contributors, and ensures coverage reflects The Daily Wire’s values while meeting high standards for quality, accuracy, and audience engagement.
Primary Responsibilities
- Set the strategic direction for lifestyle coverage aligned with organizational mission and priorities
- Identify themes, trends, and story opportunities across culture, family, health, faith, and related topics
- Oversee lifestyle stories from pitch through publication, ensuring strong narrative structure and tone
- Edit content to meet editorial standards for accuracy, voice, and responsible framing
- Manage and guide lifestyle writers and contributors, providing feedback and editorial direction
- Collaborate with newsroom, homepage, and audience teams to coordinate publication and distribution
- Monitor audience engagement and performance metrics to inform coverage decisions and strategy
- Background in Journalism, Communications, Media Studies, or related field preferred.
- Strong editorial judgment and storytelling instincts
- Experience editing and managing writers or contributors
- Understanding of lifestyle, cultural, and human-interest topics
- Ability to balance mission alignment with broad audience appeal
- Strong organizational and deadline-management skills
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Daily Wire provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.
Please Note: Daily Wire participates in E-Verify and performs background checks on all new hires. We will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s form I-9 to confirm work authorization. Thank you!
CALIFORNIA APPLICANT PRIVACY NOTICE
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.