Crunchbase seeks a projects editor

The Crunchbase News team is an editorially independent newsroom within Crunchbase that reports on private companies, venture capital and startups for a growing audience of entrepreneurs, executives, investors, market researchers and salespeople. All of our journalism is informed by Crunchbase’s world-class data and our own original reporting.

What You’ll Do

- Work with reporters and others editors to help lead and develop Crunchbase News editorial and data projects around high-profile reporting beats
- Edit stories, assist in compiling and editing our daily newsletter, and guide our editorial priorities
- Work closely with the Editor in Chief to develop and maintain the editorial calendar
- Help the news team hit traffic and other growth targets
- Occasionally pitch in on writing and reporting as needed

What We’re Looking For

- A candidate with strong, proven organizational skills who can reliably plan and execute longer-term editorial projects on deadline
- A journalist with experience as both an editor and writer in a fast-paced newsroom
- Someone who enjoys working closely with other reporters and editors on story development and assignments and help ensure accuracy in our reporting and data while polishing our prose
- Prior experience covering finance, venture capital, tech or startups is not required, but the right candidate will have a keen curiosity about learning more about the subjects we cover
- Experience working cross-functionally with members of other teams (i.e., Social Media, Marketing or Product) is preferred
- Experience working with modern workplace and publishing tools such as Slack, Zoom, Google Suite and WordPress is preferred

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.