Climate and Environment Editor

Lighthouse Reports, an award-winning investigative newsroom working to deliver deeply reported, public interest stories is seeking a Climate and Environment Editor. The role will work with Lighthouse directors to set a clear strategy for the climate and environment team, maintain a pipeline of viable ideas, meet production targets, manage budgets and reporters, partnerships and projects.

Key Responsibilities 

• The role will curate relevant topics and nurture a communal sense of where the landing space is for brilliant investigative ideas.
• They will lead a diverse team of outstanding reporters and story editors, channeling Lighthouse’s strengths from data and digital investigations to financial forensics.
• They will build collaborative investigative coalitions, working across the world, on high impact stories that inform change.
• They will forge new partnerships; will be both the editorial lead on some investigative coalitions and manage editors who report to them on other projects.
• Their work could stretch from food systems to extractive industries, deforestation to agritech. They will have a broader conception of the editor’s role than processing pitches, editing copy and meeting deadlines.
• They will need to be curious, ambitious, diplomatic and flexible.

Requirements

• A demonstrated commitment to climate and environment journalism.
• 5+ years in a newsroom with at least two years of experience managing journalists and editing a variety of story formats.
• Experience in collaborative journalism and investigative project management.
• A track record of publishing stories or coverage across a range of news platforms and formats.
• Commitment to bringing investigative reporting to creators, strategic audiences and nontraditional formats.
• Acute understanding of a diversity of reporting methods.
• The ability to strategize about journalistic projects and their impact, uphold editorial standards, and edit and coach journalists through pitching, reporting, writing, editing and production.
• Enthusiasm for working collaboratively and creatively with journalists, coders, data scientists, operations/admin and external partners.
• Excellent verbal and written interpersonal communication and diplomatic skills.
• Ability to maintain empathy and rigor in fast-paced, remote/distributed work environments.
• Ability to work with individuals from diverse backgrounds and perspectives.

How to apply 

Interested candidates can apply for this job and find more information on this page no later than Friday 29 May 2026.