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TheStreet seeks a business and markets editor

TheStreet.com seeks an experienced Business and Markets Editor to help direct and edit our real-time coverage of markets, business news, investing and personal finance for our free and subscription-based Web sites.

Founded by famed market expert Jim Cramer, TheStreet.com and its subscription sites provide millions of investors with cutting-edge investment news and advice every day.

Our Business and Markets Editor will be based at our Wall Street headquarters in New York. The ideal candidate will have:

  • Seven years or more of experience as a reporter and/or editor at a major financial company.
  • Excellent knowledge of markets, investing, and personal finance.
  • The ability to write snappy headlines and edit copy from both professional journalists and non-journalist stockbrokers in a fast-paced, real-time environment.
  • The ability to jump in and help with reporting and writing when needed.
  • A personal interest in stocks and markets.
  • A willingness to appear on-camera in our videos.
  • Flexibility to work early or late hours as dictated by the news flow.
  • The ability to help recruit new freelance columnists among both pro journalists and stockbrokers/experts.
  • Knowledge of search engine optimization is a plus.

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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