USA Today seeks content news editor for Consumer and Money team

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2019, file photo, sections of a USA Today newspaper rest together in Norwood, Mass. GateHouse Media has closed on its takeover of Gannett, bringing about 260 daily papers together to become the country’s largest newspaper company by far. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

USA Today is looking for a savvy editor who can work with a team of reporters on USA Today’s Consumer and Money team to provide daily supervision of coverage in our core areas: how to save, spend, work and live.

This editor would be responsible for shaping stories with reporters and editing quick-turn enterprise and breaking-news articles. We also want someone who can anticipate which trending stories will become big and would appeal to USA Today’s readers, who focus on how the news impacts them as consumers. The ideal candidate knows best practices for using SEO, identifying trends and thinking sharply about what kind of enterprise stories would be unique and resonate with our readers. This editor must understand that collaboration within the team and across the newsroom is a must. Some of the traits we’re looking for include:

Some management experience working with a team.
A good eye for stories and storytelling
Conversant in business terms and concepts.
Comfort editing financial markets stories involving stocks and other widely known assets like cryptocurrencies.
Comfort working with social media
Implementing best SEO practices

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.