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CBS MoneyWatch seeks data editor/video producer

CBSNews.com is seeking a data editor/producer for its MoneyWatch section. Duties include reporting and creating data-driven stories, graphics and videos for a national audience that wants to know how the latest financial news affects their lives as consumers, workers and investors.

The ideal candidate will have excellent news judgment, strong writing skills and strong graphic-creation skills. There should be a proven ability to find, clean and analyze data sets; to identify and create stories that matter to mass audiences; to craft engaging and shareable graphics, headlines and captions; and to deliver highly shareable visualizations of a story and its elements.

The role requires the ability to multi-task in a digital newsroom environment that values teamwork and appreciates colleagues who handle daily deadline pressures with aplomb. An understanding of SEO best practices and facility with social media are essential.

Proficiencies from among the following: Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, Adobe Premiere, Final Cut Pro, HTML, Google Fusion Tables, CartoDB, CSS, Highcharts, Highmaps, Microsoft Office, Open Refine, R and Reaper Audio, Bash, Javascript, jQuery, Leaflet, MySQL, PHP, Python, WordPress, ENPS<

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree
At least four years experience in journalism (or a journalism-related field)
Must successfully pass a background check.Preferred:
Master’s degree in journalism

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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