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Bloomberg seeks editor to oversee sports business coverage

Bloomberg News is seeking a seasoned editor to run a highly-focused and global team being built to cover the business of sports.

The successful applicant would set priorities for a group of reporters based in New York and London responsible for breaking news and generating trend stories on subjects ranging from transactions in the multi-billion-dollar sports industry, ownership changes, investigations into the financing of sports teams, sponsorships and endorsements.

The job is part of our global business group and requires active collaboration with our finance and deals teams. The successful applicant will work to deliver news stories under deadline pressure and assist with broader coverage to ensure copy is clear, accurate and compelling.

Qualifications:
-Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
-Ability to work in a real-time news environment and apply swift news judgment
-Proven career in business journalism with experience in quick turnaround of
breaking news
-Excellent editing skills
-Previous leadership experience
-Knowledge of the sports industry and how it interacts with global business and finance

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.

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