Marketwatch seeks copy editor in New York

MarketWatch seeks an enterprising, 21st-century news editor for its New York newsroom.

The ideal candidate will have five or more years of experience in online news. He or she should be adept at everything from line editing to executing wholesale rewrites, with an additional emphasis on crafting engaging and SEO-friendly story headlines.

A nose for news — in the forms of both instinct and productive use of audience analytics — will be necessary in this position, as will flexibility, enthusiasm, a collaborative nature and a sense of humor.

Those with knowledge of markets and finance, as well as topics in personal finance, will receive strongest consideration.

Familiarity with Associated Press or Wall Street Journal style is expected.

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.