Fortune is looking for a sharp, organized, and ambitious journalist to take on the role of associate editor in New York. The ideal candidate has a general business background, with a particular interest in covering issues of gender and diversity in the corporate world.
You will:
- Pitch and write smart stories about female leaders and the intersection of gender and business. Work on FORTUNE franchises, including our list of the Most Powerful Women in Business.
- Help produce The Broadsheet, our daily newsletter about the world’s most powerful women.
- Coordinate and edit copy from our growing team of staff and contributing 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.
- Help out with coverage of our conferences and other live events.
You are:
- Experienced: You will have no less than two to five years’ experience as a reporter, writer, or editor, ideally with some focus on the business world. You know how to take a complicated subject and break it down into something that’s understandable and interesting to our reader.
- Passionate: You’re excited about covering powerful women and digging into the ways the business world is—and isn’t—taking strides to become more diverse.
- 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.
- Flexible: Digital journalism is constantly evolving. You’re ready and willing to change with it.
The position is based in New York and reports to the deputy editor.
To apply, go here.
Chris RoushChris 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.