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TheAtlantic.com seeks business editor

TheAtlantic.com is looking for an experienced journalist to lead its business and economics coverage.

This is a full-time job. We prefer the position be based at our headquarters in Washington, DC, but we will also consider New York-based candidates working out of our Union Square office.

Responsibilities Include:

•    Developing a distinctive Atlantic perspective on business that emphasizes intelligence, voice, and range;
•    Conceiving innovative ways of covering business and generating new ideas for ongoing features;
•    Writing regularly for the channel and, on occasion, other Atlantic verticals;
•    Managing and editing a small internal team of writers as well as recruiting new contributors and responding to pitches from freelancers;
•    Editing and producing posts before publication.

Qualifications of the Ideal Candidate:

•    Has 5 to 10 years of experience as a business writer or editor at a publication;
•    Has significant experience in digital media – assigning, editing, producing, or writing stories/posts for the Web;
•    Has a deep understanding of how to attract and engage a digital audience including, but not limited to, using search, social media, content partners, and third-party aggregators;
•    Can spot talent, build and manage a team, and operate independently;
•    Matches a creative, innovative, experimental sensibility with high editorial standards and attention to detail;
•    Has a journalistic sensibility that fits Atlantic values: intelligent, fair, accurate, fast, curious, provocative, news-driven.

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.

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