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Bloomberg seeks technology editor in New York

Bloomberg News seeks an outstanding editor in New York to edit and develop technology stories.

The editor will be part of team responsible for covering the U.S. technology industry, including startups and venture capital firms as well as Internet companies such as Google, Amazon and Facebook and manufacturers as varied as Apple, Cisco and Hewlett-Packard. The ideal candidate should have at least three years of editing experience and be able to generate ideas while also working to develop those of reporters and fellow editors.

The candidate should be able to work on a variety of story types, including executive profiles; analyses of company strategy or industry trends; short pieces on financial performance and new products; and long-form narrative and investigative projects.

The applicant must possess excellent writing skills, a voracious appetite for technology, a can-do attitude and a spirit that’s collaborative as well as competitive. A sense of humor is welcome.

Qualifications:
-Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
-Experience covering the technology industry
-Ability to work gracefully under pressure
-Proven success in generating story ideas
-Proven success in producing outstanding copy
-Proven success in mentoring and coaching reporters
-Minimum of three years of editing experience
-Knowledge of the economy, financial markets, and business

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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