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Waterbury daily seeks Life and Work editor

New times in our industry require new thinking about newsroom roles. The Republican-American of Waterbury, Conn. seeks a Life and Work editor.

This multi-platform editor plans, edits and produces features and business sections for our print edition and for rep-am.com. A Business and Quality of Life reporter reports directly to you, as does an assistant editor and award-winning features writer.

Topics are wide-ranging: arts, entertainment, personal finance, working life, economy. All relate in some way to our readers’ daily lives. Your job is to make it fun, meaningful, useful, engaging.

Layout experience required. Experience with Word Press, front-line editing, managing multi-platform news a plus. Schedule is M-F with at least one Sunday manning the local desk monthly.

Send portfolio, letter about why you’re the best candidate for this job to ra-hr@rep-am.com with LIFE AND WORK EDITOR in the subject line.

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.