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Axios seeks a business editor

Axios is a new digital media company that tells you what matters and why to make you smarter, faster. We’re hiring a New York-based business editor.

Why it Matters: This editor will oversee our growing staff covering business, markets and finance and economics. They will help guide and edit two newsletters, assist the reporters and be responsible for setting the standard for covering these topics for Axios.

Go Deeper: There is a gap in the market for smart coverage in Axios style that explains business, markets, and finance to smart, curious people. You will help us fill that gap.

The Details: Ideal candidates will embody an entrepreneurial spirit, a passion for Axios’ mission and have the following skills:

10+ years experience covering markets, business, finance, stocks & economics
Analytical ability to cut through the noise and make it intelligible to other people
Management experience

To apply, go here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.