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CNNMoney seeks tech editor

CNNMoney, CNN’s fast-growing digital platform for business news, is hiring an editor to play a key role on its expanding tech team.

The person should have a passion for technology, but not just gadgets and apps. We’re looking for someone who is obsessed with the way that technology impacts our society, our relationships and our daily lives.

He or she should be well-versed in the major players – from Google and Facebook to Marisa Mayer and Richard Branson – and know how to break down an earnings report to find the juiciest details. But we’re also looking for someone interested in the broader impact of tech: think diversity, San Francisco homelessness, and the digital divide.

What will you be doing?  

  • Creates, develops and edits content for assigned sites
  • Generates story ideas
  • Contributes to special features and stories
  • May write stories
  • Edits copy to meet established tone and theme requirements
  • Enhances existing material
  • Interacts with internal and external peers and/or managers to exchange information related to assigned activities

What do we need from you?

  • Ideal candidates will have minimum 4+ years of experience of editorial experience
  • Strong research and editorial skills
  • Good knowledge of financial markets and a keen interest in investing and business news
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills
  • Ability to work in a fast high pressure environment
  • Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, Television-Film Production, Communications, or related discipline or equiv. work 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.

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