Full-Time

Gizmodo seeks a consumer tech editor

Gizmodo is looking for an experienced Editor to run Gizmodo’s consumer technology coverage.

As a major part of your role, you’ll run Gizmodo’s reviews and product coverage and will oversee a team of reporters and reviewers, assign them stories and reviews, guide their reporting, edit their copy, and work with other editors to publish fast, accurate, and insightful journalism. You’ll be providing Gizmodo’s large audience with valuable insight and opinions about consumer technology products.

The ideal candidate for this position has a broad understanding of the consumer technology space, and experience as both an editor and a reporter covering the industry. They have great contacts at major companies and are respected for their fair and insightful coverage. They are equally comfortable working on an in-depth product review, a breaking news announcement, or broad coverage of a major event like CES. They should also be comfortable with major benchmarking software, hands-on product testing and reviewing.

You should apply if you know what’s important and what’s just hype; you can recommend sources and help young reporters grow; and you’re used to the fast pace of covering news on the web, but can also provide depth and accuracy. You can smell hype from a mile away and expertly parse press releases and PR statements. You know what makes a great story for Gizmodo and can guide our coverage with confidence and insight.

Requirements

  • Minimum 3-5 years experience reporting and editing consumer technology stories at a major print or digital publication
  • Experience managing reviewers or writing consumer tech reviews, as well as producing buyers guide and advice content.
  • A strong understanding of the major companies, issues, and reader-focused concerns across the consumer technology world
  • Experience identifying breaking news stories and planning smart features
  • Sharp editing skills, excellent grammar, and a strong sense of voice and style
  • Knowledge of journalistic standards, laws, and best reporting practices

This is a position covered under the collective bargaining agreement with the Writers Guild of America – East, which establishes the minimum salary for this position at $80,000.00 to $98,000.00 annually.

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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