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Investor’s Business Daily seeks copy editor

Investor’s Business Daily is seeking a full-time copy editor for its Los Angeles headquarters. The right candidate will have a strong interest in business and the stock market, a firm grasp of numbers and a passion for accuracy, clarity and engaging writing.

Speed is essential to meet rolling deadlines for the newspaper and its companion website, Investors.com. Familiarity with Web-friendly writing principles, content presentation and SEO is helpful. Pagination skills also are a plus.

Investor’s Business Daily is a national newspaper and financial website known for innovative coverage and fact-based analysis of the stock market, economy, business and public policy. We offer an environment that encourages and rewards learning and professional growth, the opportunity to gain first-hand knowledge of how to invest successfully, and a location in sunny and dynamic West Los Angeles.

Three years of copy editing or other relevant journalism experience preferred but will consider other candidates with strong skills. A four-year college degree is required. Qualified applicants must complete an editing test.

Submit resume, cover letter and any writing samples to IBDnewsjobs@investors.com. Writing samples can be attached as Word documents or PDFs or pasted into the message. Please put Copy Editor in the email subject field.

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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