Award-Winning Investigative News Publication Seeks Executive Editor
The award-winning investigative news publication Capital & Main is seeking an executive editor to lead its editorial department. The position is based in Los Angeles and offers a great opportunity to join a growing newsroom of passionate, talented journalists.
We are looking for an editor with at least ten years of experience in both investigative and narrative journalism to lead a small team of highly skilled reporters and editors. The most important qualifications for this position are as follows:
The executive editor, in collaboration with the publisher, oversees all editorial content for Capital & Main and is responsible for ensuring that the publication produces between 20 and 30 stories a month. This includes news and news analysis, investigative stories, narrative articles, data analysis, interviews and multimedia content. The editor works closely with the management team, staff writers and freelance contributors. Stories are written both by staff reporters and freelance contributors.
As part of the leadership team, the editor should be deeply interested in innovation. The editor helps drive Capital & Main’s strategic initiatives in impact, audience, use of new formats and platforms to reach a broad public.
The executive editor oversees Capital & Main’s editorial standards to ensure independent, transparent news coverage while also partnering with other media outlets and participating in fundraising efforts.
Capital & Main values diversity and offers competitive salaries and excellent benefits. Please send a resume and a cover letter to dfeingold@capitalandmain.com.
About Capital & Main
Founded in 2013, Capital & Main reports on two of the greatest challenges of our time: inequality and climate change. We report both in California and nationally on these issues, producing investigative and accountability coverage. Our stories are co-published in a wide range of outlets, including USA Today, Newsweek, the Guardian, Fast Company, the American Prospect and many others. Since 2020, Capital & Main has produced several of the largest American reporting projects on economic inequality. In 2024 the publication won more than 60 awards from a range of regional and national contests.
For more information please contact Danny Feingold: dfeingold@capitalandmain.com
How to Pitch to Capital & Main
Help us cover some of the most consequential issues of our time. The award-winning investigative news publication Capital & Main is seeking to work with:
What you need to know about us:
Founded in 2013, Capital & Main reports on inequities related to class, race, immigration, gender, corporate accountability, climate change and energy, education and health, both in California and nationally.
Our stories are co-published in a wide range of outlets, including USA Today, Newsweek, the Guardian, Fast Company and the American Prospect. In 2020, Capital & Main produced the largest American reporting project on inequality, with nearly 100 stories over the course of 12 months. We also launched a major new reporting initiative on climate change as well as two original podcasts on COVID-19. Last year the publication won more than 40 regional and national awards, including Online Journalist of the Year and Best Internet-Only News Website in Southern California.
We are a small team but we work with a wide range of freelance writers and photographers from all backgrounds.
Pitch FAQs
Where do I send my pitches?
Send your pitches to info@capitalandmain.com
If you are a videographer, photographer or a graphic designer please send your pitch and contact information to Marco Amador at camador@capitalandmain.com.
When should I pitch?
We publish daily and accept pitches all the time.
Do you accept opinion or personal essays?
Not from first-time writers, unless we specifically commission one.
I’m ready to pitch, what do you need from me?
Email at info@capitalandmain.com with your full name, contact information, links to past work experience, and a summary of your story idea with a rough word count and the sources/research you plan to use.
If you are a videographer, photographer or a graphic designer please send your pitch and contact information to Marco Amador at camador@capitalandmain.com.
How to pitch
Send your pitches to info@capitalandmain.com with the following information:
If you are a videographer, photographer or a graphic designer please send your pitch and contact information to Marco Amador at camador@capitalandmain.com.
Topics/Stories we seek
At Capital & Main, our freelance journalists report on inequality related to class, race, immigration, gender, corporate accountability, climate change and energy, education and health both in California and nationally.
Your story should include:
We do not accept:
Here are some examples of the stories we cover and publish.
Homelessness:
Homeless Deaths in Los Angeles Rose by More than 30% in 2020
Homelessness in Los Angeles Expected to See Dramatic Rise Due to Pandemic
Attacking Homelessness After COVID’S End
Inequality:
California’s Essential Workers Get Bumped Down Vaccination Line
Data Reveals Dramatic Gap Between COVID Vaccinations and COVID Deaths Among Latinos in L.A. County
As Los Angeles COVID Vaccines Roll Out, Black and Latino Cases Surge
Environment:
City Sued for Letting Charter School Dodge Environmental Rules
Environmentalists Demand Gavin Newsom Join Biden’s Halt of Oil and Gas Drilling
Possible Exide Plant Sale Alarms Residents, Environmentalists