Reuters seeks editor to oversee legal news

Reuters is seeking an experienced editor and newsroom leader to elevate our legal news coverage and ensure that it becomes essential reading for attorneys and legal professionals.

The editor must have excellent news judgment with the ability to turn around coverage of daily court decisions quickly while simultaneously planning more in-depth stories.

The right candidate must be highly organized, able to guide and motivate reporters covering numerous legal beats, and collaborate with editors and content partners throughout Thomson Reuters.

The editor will be primarily responsible for Practitioner Insights, a news platform for customers of Westlaw, but will also edit stories for the Reuters financial and consumer platforms.

Qualifications

Experience in law or legal journalism
Experience managing both junior and senior reporters
Excellent editing and rewriting skills, with a keen eye for detail and accuracy
Proven news judgment and analytical abilities
Ability to prioritize concurrent projects and adhere to challenging deadlines
Familiarity with web-based publishing platforms and multimedia preferred
Ability to analyze and anticipate interests of a targeted audience.

The position is based in New York or Washington, DC and is not entry-level.

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.