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Fortune.com seeks tech editor in New York

Fortune is looking for a sharp, organized, and ambitious journalist to join the tech team in New York. This position reports to the Senior Editor, Tech for Fortune.

You will:

  • Coordinate and edit copy from our growing team of staff and contributing technology journalists across the globe for Fortune.com.
  • Work and collaborate with writers to extract their best work, help them think through story ideas, and sharpen their words.
  • Understand tech industry conversation and generate and encourage short- and long-term stories that advance it.
  • Be unafraid to roll up your sleeves and write about a breaking news event where necessary.

You are:

  • Experienced. You will have no less than 2 to 5 years’ experience as a reporter, writer, or editor with a focus on science or technology. You know how to take a complicated subject and break it down into something that’s understandable and interesting to our reader.
  • Engaged. Your work ethic is formidable. Your competitive streak is healthy. Your ability to guide junior and senior reporters alike is admirable.
  • Digital. You’re familiar with the social web and how digital information is distributed today. You understand how to play on a distributed and digital editorial team. You’re willing to rethink existing editorial processes to make them more effective.
  • Excited. Fortune aims to be a vibrant destination for tech coverage. You’re ready to embody and evangelize that mission.

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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