The Wrap seeks a deputy editor for business news

Looking for an exciting opportunity to assist in leading a small, elite team of journalists writing for TheWrap’s subscription service, WrapPRO, about the business of entertainment and media?

TheWrap, the award-winning, digital-first Hollywood news site is seeking a deputy editor for its Los Angeles-based newsroom. (The job can be done remotely.) The winning candidate will be passionate about the business of entertainment and media at a time when disruption makes for constant change. You will be an organized multitasker experienced in the world of digital news.

The joy of the role is in assisting the Assistant Managing Editor, Business News in planning coverage, assigning and working with top reporters around the broad range of beats that TheWrap’s subscription service covers — daily business news, deeply reported investigative pieces, analysis and features for our industry-focused audience.

You should be conversant with analytics tools to see what stories (and types of stories) get the most engagement from subscribers, to help shape the direction of future assignments.

Required skills:

At least 3-5 years experience writing and editing in a business news environment
Top-notch line-editing and copy-editing skills
Experience mentoring and developing the talents of younger reporters
Superior news judgment about the entertainment/tech/media space
Passion for Hollywood and media industry news and the players involved
Proficient on a CMS such as WordPress

Please submit clips and a resume to Jethro Nededog

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.