International Business Times seeks copy editor

The International Business Times is seeking a copy editor.

Responsibilities include checking stories for grammar, spelling and conformity to AP Style, as well as line editing.

Requirements:

Two to three years experience on the copy desk of a newspaper or wire service; able to work with a computer-based content management system; willing to tackle a broad range of stories (from finance to entertainment); experience with and aptitude for writing SEO headlines; and flexible schedule.

Interested applicants should send a cover letter, clips and resume to Mike Obel at m.obel@ibtimes.com. Subject line should read, “COPY EDITOR.”

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.