Jobs at CD Publications

Current Openings: Sales | Editorial | Freelance Employment

CD Publications is a Silver Spring, Md.-based newsletter publisher. We have 20 newsletters, mostly on the socioeconomic topics that are the focus of political and legislative concern--- housing, community development, education, health, government funding--- topics you can sink your teeth and curiosity into.

Browse through this website to see a sampling. Our editors have unusual autonomy, being in charge of the newsletters they manage from start to press. Our associate editors support them, learn about Washington, and move up to responsible and increasingly better paid positions as they show themselves capable.

We are fiercely independent, sympathetic to the many different pressures, but maintaining our own objectivity and counsel. We seek not only to report the news, but to interpret it, tell our many government and nonprofit and business readers not only what the problems are, but the proposed or working solutions.

You cover what’s important to this country. We welcome qualified journalists and wannabes who’ve gotten their feet a bit wet already and want to tackle tougher and intriguing topics. Our benefits include the usual, plus a relaxed atmosphere and appreciative management, focusing on the news, and nothing but the news. You don’t plug a newshole--you supply your community of readers with information they want and need to know.
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CD PUBS is a straight-news operation. We ask only that you report (and dig up) the news useful to your readership fairly, honestly, accurately.
We know you can do it within given workweeks of 37.5 hours--next to no weekends, no nights, straight 9-5:30, or 8:30-5, days. Call your own shots.
You have, as editor, unusual autonomy, with a managing editor checking copy and an editorial director on hand to ask questions of and to provide guidance, and an open door policy for all managers, in a company that's small enough you can know just about everybody.

As you become acquainted with the officials and legislators and executives in your field, and they get to know you, you'll be someone they can rely on, trust--and tip off. (You should become the most knowledgeable reporter at a press conference.)

If you've worked places where somebody tries to micromanage your output, you'll appreciate that we leave it to you to produce a good newsletter. You won't become a sacred cow, since we do have to standardize copy style to get it past the desk, but you'll be pretty close to it--check out some of our vets.

You don't get the guff here you are guaranteed to suffer with in associations and government spots, nor do you have to fear stepping on some advertiser's toes or some mucketymuck's (publisher's?) political or social leanings. We just hope you'll do a good, honest job--and keep up your circulation. As your newsletter grows, so will your rewards.
While the atmosphere is friendly (we try to make it so) and the output is decent--we think the pay is pretty doggone competitive, too.

Now--what else can we tell you? (Why newsletters, why CD Publications?)

Current Openings: Sales | Editorial | Freelance Employment