The Guardian’s West Coast bureau seeks a Senior Technology Reporter/Editor to join the team.
Department: Editorial
Reports to: West Coast Editors
Normal location: San Francisco, CA or Los Angeles, CA
Terms and conditions: Permanent, full-time, News Media Guild position
Purpose of role:
To break, report and commission technology news and features for the Guardian
Key responsibilities and accountabilities:
- Break news and cover breaking news on the biggest technology issues, companies and people with originality, accuracy and authority
- Commission, edit and manage technology news in coordination with the West Coast technology reporter and West Coast editors
- Cover major and emerging themes around technology, generating exclusives that keep the Guardian ahead of competitors
- Write rich stories that are authoritative in the tech field but also appeal to a general audience
- Craft compelling, human-centric stories that explore the intersection of technology and other key areas such as health, transport, politics, the environment, education and culture
- Manage time effectively to balance breaking news, commissioning and feature writing with other formats such as special projects, live-blogging, comment and analysis
- Develop a working approach that underscores the Guardian’s values of social justice, diversity and equality
- Act as a mentor to junior reporters, helping to cultivate and support talent in our newsrooms
Key contacts & relationships (internal and external):
- West coast editors, west coast reporting team, New York news desk
Knowledge and experience:
- Proven ability to generate exclusives and must-read coverage at a national level
- Experience and contacts in the tech industry and beyond
- Enthusiasm for collaborating on video, audio, interactive and new forms of content for the web and mobile
Skills and aptitudes:
- Ability to deliver well-written stories on deadline, from exclusives to major unfolding stories as well as fast features and breaking news
- Apply expertise in a specialist area with enthusiasm and authority but without losing sight of the big picture
- Enthusiasm for working under pressure and with multiple priorities
- A team player who thrives in a small office and collaborates well with offices in other time zones
To apply, go here.
Chris RoushChris 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.