Reuters is seeking a talented and experienced business editor to join our Spot Enterprise editing team in the Americas. We are seeking a journalist capable of identifying key trends and major events in important industries and of working closely with EICs and reporters to develop enterprise stories around them. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of producing high-level journalism, and an understanding of how to deliver ambitious bodies of work on business issues. We need a gifted writer, with ambition to push reporters, a keen ear for language and the versatility to handle both quick-turn exclusives and long-format Special Reports, which can stretch to thousands of words. Crucially, the successful candidate will have a finely attuned radar for legal and ethical dangers and the judgement to know if a story needs to be reworked, re-reported or spiked.
Ideally, we are seeking a candidate with management experience who could deputize for the head of the Spot Enterprise team.
As Reuters embraces different story-telling formats, the ability to think creatively about how to convey information most compellingly to our different kinds of clients would be an asset. Previous experience editing or reporting in the Americas as well as expertise in business journalism would be a major advantage.
The position will report to the Global Editor, Spot Enterprise.
About The Role
As our Spot Enterprise Editor, you will:
- Handle time-sensitive enterprise stories from across the region
- Have news judgement and vision to see the potential in a pitch or a draft story, and to rework a piece thoroughly if needed
- Possess the personal skills to work closely with reporters and EICs to elevate copy, and to collaborate with visual and digital journalists
About You
To be our Spot Enterprise Editor, you will likely have:
- Excellent news judgment and outstanding journalistic ability
- At least 10 years’ experience in journalism
- A flair for writing and story telling
- Familiarity with different formats with a good eye for compelling visual assets, including graphics, to help enhance our storytelling
- Strong awareness of legal risks and ethical issues
- A strong track record of teamwork
- Proven ability to construct complex long-form narratives is a must
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.