Full-Time

Austin Biz Journal seeks a managing editor

The managing editor is the newsroom’s chief operating officer, overseeing and ensuring the smooth and orderly flow of content from conception to publishing on all platforms. As the newsroom’s most hands-on manager and coach of reporters, the M.E. is charged with bringing ideas, inspiration and constant guidance to the content team. Reporting directly to the editor, the managing editor actively oversees and directs the deployment of resources across the many publishing platforms – online, mobile, email, print, social, etc. – hour by hour, minute by minute.

DUTIES
The M.E. guides a newsroom that reports much like a wire service, and as such, must possess a solid news sense, an ability to make snap judgments about the proper treatment of stories, and a high level of confidence in orchestrating the many simultaneous actions of the newsroom. Organization must be a strength, as the M.E. is responsible for the efficiency of the news gathering and news production operation. As with all newsrooms, resources come at a premium, and well-oiled processes are required for maximizing output. The M.E. must always be asking how the operation can run more smoothly and productively. The M.E. also is expected to serve as a change agent in the newsroom, actively advocating for the improvements and resources that take the Business Journal’s content to the next level. The M.E. must run the newsroom always with the reader in mind. Relationships with sources and outreach into the community is desirable as a value-add for the news gathering operation. The M.E. also serves as chief mentor for reporters, helping pave their way to continual improvement.
Communication skills are critical for the M.E., who is highly influential in setting newsroom standards, mood, expectations and culture. The M.E. is also responsible for the execution of ABJ’s podcasts.

REQUIRED SKILLS
• Experience leading journalists in a hard-new environment • Comfortable operating in rapidly changing media environment • Daily, and preferably, weekly print experience for a business news operation • Beat reporter experience • Strong wordsmith who has demonstrated a talent for reporter and story development • Demonstrated ability to serve as inspiring, motivational force in newsroom • Hands-on experience in guiding and contributing to large-scale editorial projects • Exposure to online environment and social media. • Proficient in InDesign • Familiarity with online content management systems, SEO, analytics

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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