Digital Editor — Brooklyn Eagle

Andrew Scott

Journalist, editor, and digital publisher based in Brooklyn. I cover local politics, climate, and city life for the Brooklyn Eagle, where I also build and maintain the publication’s WordPress infrastructure. I hold an MA in Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism from The New School.

01 — Reporting

Brooklyn Eagle & the Village Voice

Covering local politics, climate policy, and city life. Recent work spans the 2025 mayoral race, NYC’s climate resilience agenda, and Brooklyn business and culture.

02 — Editing

Daily editing, features, and a named column

At the Brooklyn Eagle, I edit daily content on deadline, including features ranging from 300 to 1,200 words, edited for style, clarity, grammar, and factual accuracy. I’m the regular editor of Adam Penenberg’s weekly column and on Our World in Photos, a daily global news roundup built around AP wire photography, original and caption writing for contextual background. I edit and fact-check the full piece daily and fill in on the writing side when needed. I’ve also trained staff and contributors on the Eagle’s CMS and editorial publishing workflow.

Earlier in my career I served as editorial lead at Media Smart Citizens, edited the Eugene Lang College faculty newsletter at The New School, and fact-checked and line-edited at Merion West. I completed LinkedIn Learning’s Editing Mastery certification in 2023.

03 — Tech

WordPress, plugins, and the newsroom CMS

At the Brooklyn Eagle, I led the migration from a legacy custom theme to an Elementor-based build, keeping the site live throughout. Beyond the technical work, I’ve designed and streamlined editorial workflows — identifying repetitive tasks and solving them through plugins, custom templates and code so the newsroom can move faster. I’ve written and deployed 20+ WordPress plugins, most of them built around real operational problems the editorial team was running into daily.

Front Page Scheduler
Three independent editorial playlists with drag-to-reorder, position insertion, and a lede queue — giving editors fine-grained control over what appears on the front page and in what order, without touching Elementor directly.
Bulk Tag Manager
A grid-based admin tool for browsing and filtering posts, then bulk-applying or removing tags, categories, author assignments, and templates across multiple posts at once — built to give editors direct control over content organization without touching the database or filing a tech request.
Neighborhoods Taxonomy System
A suite of plugins that built a custom neighborhood taxonomy across the site — registering the taxonomy, migrating legacy post meta, filtering Elementor Posts widgets by neighborhood context, and powering a live-searchable neighborhood directory. Eight plugins working as one system.
Ad Center
A banner and box ad carousel with an admin UI, shortcode integration, and built-in view and click tracking — giving the business side visibility into ad performance without a third-party service.
Beehiiv Multi Subscribe Cards
An AJAX-powered subscription interface for multiple Beehiiv newsletters simultaneously, with cards, images, descriptions, and a slide-toggle selection UI. Built to grow reader engagement across newsletter verticals.
Pigeon Custom Nag
Overrides the default paywall plugin’s content injection so editors can manage the paywall prompt directly from the WordPress admin — no plugin edits or developer involvement required.
Hide “Protected” Posts from Listings
Keeps posts tagged “protected” reachable by direct URL but invisible in all WordPress and Elementor listings — without leaving gaps in the layout. Solved a real reader-facing UX problem cleanly.
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