Wall Street Journal seeks copy editor for bankruptcy

The Wall Street Journal seeks an editor to help with coverage for WSJ Pro Bankruptcy.

This position involves helping a team of editors and reporters cover both ongoing bankruptcy cases and distressed companies that may have to restructure.

The role requires a strong knowledge of bankruptcy law and the various parties that shape bankruptcy proceedings, as well as a solid knowledge of corporate finance and business. It also requires a skilled editor comfortable with tight deadlines who can fashion stories for both the specialist readers of WSJ Pro and the more general readers of the Journal.

Applications should include a resume, cover letter, and up to five published clips.

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.