Full-Time

Southern California News Group seeks an assistant biz editor

The Southern California News Group is seeking an assistant editor to help its jobs and real estate coverage, which includes everything from retail openings and closings, to important startups and business relocations and the chaotic labor scene across the region.

If you’re a strong editor and writer, passionate about digital journalism and breaking news, this is the job for you.

What you will do:

  • Write on deadline in content areas such as jobs, retail and logistics
  • Edit stories produced by SCNG’s Business team and its weekly contributors
  • Report to the Business editor, collaborating on strategic planning and coverage ideas
  • Collaborate with writers and contributors to conceive and execute high-interest stories across all platforms
  • Back up the Business editor in their absence
  • Use analytics to guide coverage and optimize the audience for stories
  • Foster a creative, dynamic environment among colleagues

What you will bring:

  • Ability to multitask, meet deadlines and accurately fact-check information
  • Ability to edit and write copy in a clear fashion, free of errors and using AP style
  • Experience using social media to find story ideas and sources and to promote coverage
  • Excellent communication and networking skills
  • Facility with multiple languages is a plus
  • Work with content management systems is required
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience is required

Travel: 

  • The job will involve some on-site reporting

The annual salary range is $67,000. Pay is based on several factors including but not limited to education, work experience, time in role, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary, MediaNews Group offers a comprehensive benefits package, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

Who we are:

Established in March 2016, the Southern California News Group (SCNG) has virtually overnight become one of the most powerful and influential news organizations in the U.S. This dynamic union was created when the Los Angeles News Group (owners of nine local daily newspapers and websites) and its parent company Media News Group (MNG) acquired Freedom Communications (owners of the Orange County Register and Riverside Press-Enterprise).

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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