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Los Angeles Times seeks a tech editor

The Los Angeles Times is looking for an editor to build and run our fast-growing coverage of technology.

Job Qualifications: Candidates should have experience managing a team of reporters and a track record of handling breaking news and assigning strong enterprise and investigations. They should understand the ways in which technology is affecting every individual and every industry. They must also be able to coax reporters to get the details and description that make stories convincing to insiders, and explain complicated concepts to a general reader. The tech editor should be knowledgeable about the people making news and about topics as varied as artificial intelligence, Facebook privacy policies, ride hailing, Silicon Valley bro culture and Bird scooters– with a special emphasis on L.A.’s unique tech scene, from startups to Snap.

How to Apply: Applicants should submit a resume, cover letter and work samples to editjobs@latimes.com

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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