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Sun-Sentinel seeks business editor

Business Section Editor

The Sun Sentinel seeks an aggressive, experienced editor who is a strong leader to take charge of its Business department.

The ideal candidate will be a creative thinker with solid news judgment and outstanding management skills.

Responsibilities:

The Business Editor will direct coverage from a consumer perspective to give us new approaches to storytelling in print and online while emphasizing useful, local and unique content. We’re looking for an innovative, resourceful, collaborative editor who embraces change and understands the Sun Sentinel’s audience.

Qualifications:

Sophisticated editing and planning skills are a must, along with the ability to work with the staff to aggressively develop a steady stream of business/consumer news and enterprise coverage. This person should have strong digital skills – including CMS, SEO and social media – as they are critical to growing the SunSentinel.com audience.

Applicants should submit a resume, samples of work and a vision statement to Associate Editor Anne Vasquez, alvasquez@sunsentinel.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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