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Sacramento Biz Journal seeks managing editor

The Sacramento Business Journal, an award-winning business news organization in the state capital of California, is looking for a managing editor.

Duties

As managing editor, you will be the newsroom’s chief operating officer, overseeing and ensuring the smooth flow of content from conception to publishing on all platforms. As the newsroom’s most hands-on manager and coach of reporters, the ME brings ideas, inspiration, and guidance to the staff, and actively directs the deployment of resources online, in print, in email and on social media. The ME reports directly to the editor in chief.

Skills

Comfortable operating in a rapidly changing media environment Strong wordsmith who has demonstrated a talent for reporting and story development Ease working in a digital environment and on social media.

Experience

Minimum of 3 to 5 years of management and/or team leadership experience required Daily and, preferably, weekly print experience for a business news operation Hands-on experience in guiding and contributing to large-scale editorial projects.

To apply, send clips, resume and a cover letter to editor in chief Adam Steinhauer at asteinhauer@bizjournals.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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