Senior Editor, AI Innovation

CNN is seeking a Senior Editor, AI Innovation to prototype, test and deploy AI-powered tools, workflows and systems that advance our distinctive reporting and newsroom efficiency. Embedded in editorial operations, this role partners closely with reportersparticularly on investigative, enterprise, and data-driven workto develop practical, scalable AI solutions that enhance research, editing, information management, and production. The role requires strong technical fluency, editorial judgment, and expertise in prompt-driven and agentic AI systems, with a focus on ensuring all AI-assisted work meets CNN's standards for accuracy, objectivity, fairness, and transparency.

Your role accountabilities include:

• Embedding with reporters, producers, and editorsespecially on investigative and enterprise workto build AI-powered tools and conduct AI-powered reporting
• Rapidly prototyping and iterating using AI tools, APIs and lightweight code, moving from concept to usable solutions in real newsroom contexts
• Collaborating with product and engineering teams to evolve successful prototypes into scalable tools and systems
• Designing, testing and refining prompt systems to produce consistent, high-quality outputs across newsroom use cases
• Building workflows that analyze documents, transcripts, datasets and other inputs to surface insights and accelerate newsgathering
• Developing AI-assisted workflows that improve efficiency across research, drafting, editing and information sharing
• Designing and prototyping AI agents that can execute multi-step workflows (e.g., ingest, analyze, summarize, and route information) to support reporting and newsroom operations
• Rigorously testing all AI-generated or AI-assisted outputschecking for accuracy, objectivity, fairness, and transparency across all AI-assisted outputs
• Upholding CNN's standards of accuracy, fairness and transparency across AI-powered tools and AI-generated output

Qualifications and experience include:

• 7+ years of experience in journalism, digital media, product, or a related field with hands-on work in editorial workflows
• Strong understanding of investigative, enterprise, or data-driven reporting processes and standards
• Demonstrated ability to build or prototype tools, scripts, or workflows (e.g., Python, APIs, or automation tools) for real-world use cases
• Experience applying AI/LLM tools to analyze content and support reporting or workflow use cases, including prompt design, evaluation and output validation
• Familiarity with AI agent concepts or frameworks (e.g., multi-step workflows, tool use, retrieval, or orchestration)
• Comfort working in code (e.g., Python, APIs, JSON) or low-code environments to rapidly build and test solutions
• Ability to move quickly from concept to prototype, iterating based on user feedback and performance
• Experience collaborating with engineering or product teams on tool development, integrations, or system design
• Strong editorial judgment, including sourcing, verification, and alignment with newsroom standards
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders and journalists

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In compliance with local law, we are disclosing the compensation, or a range thereof, for roles in locations where legally required. Actual salaries will vary based on several factors, including but not limited to external market data, internal equity, location, skill set, experience, and/or performance. Base pay is just one component of Warner Bros. Discovery's total compensation package for employees. Pay Range: $87,500.00 - $162,500.00 salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short- and long-term incentives, and program-specific awards. In addition, Warner Bros. Discovery provides a variety of benefits to employees, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays and sick time and vacation.