WSJ seeks a news editor for finance

The Wall Street Journal is looking for a high-metabolism news editor for a role at the heart of our newsroom: financial-markets coverage. We are building and growing Live Markets, our ambitious new digital offering that brings news, analysis and ideas to readers throughout the day—at the tempo of the ever-changing financial markets.

You will:

Commission, edit and publish for Live Markets
Curate the `front page’ of Live Markets
Work with reporters to hone their thinking, writing and chart-making

You have:

A keen interest in financial markets, and experience working with finance or markets copy
Digital publishing or editing skills
A willingness to experiment, adapt and build new ways of doing markets journalism

This job is based in our New York office and reports to a Deputy Coverage Chief in the Finance News Bureau.

To apply, please submit a resume and a cover letter describing how your skills, experience and interests align with the requirements of the role.

The Journal’s reporters, editors, developers, and audio and visual journalists create important and impactful stories, firmly rooted in fact and adhering to the highest ethical standards. We report without fear or bias, and we maintain a proper sense of perspective, detachment and objectivity in our reporting.

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.