The Wall Street Journal seeks an experienced journalist for one of the most important roles at the Journal, Tech & Media Editor.
The job is responsible for the Journal’s coverage of big tech, personal tech, media and entertainment. The Journal has been leading coverage of business for as long as the newspaper has existed, and you’ll need to carry on this tradition of excellence and to think creatively and innovatively about how we should do it afresh for a changing world and changing audiences in digital realms.
To succeed in this role, you’ll need deep knowledge of the tech and media landscape drawn from experience covering it, from startups to the most valuable companies in the world. You’ll need the capacity to lead a large team through big news moments and the strategic wisdom to set it on a long-term course. You’ll need ambition and drive and a commitment to daily excellence. This is a topic on which we must be the very best.
Considerable leadership, management and editing and experience is required.
You will:
- Set the long-term coverage agenda for the tech and media team and oversee the daily news flow.
- Build, maintain and nurture a top-flight team of reporters, editors and bureau chiefs.
- Successfully collaborate with other coverage areas and with colleagues across the newsroom to produce great and distinctive journalism.
- Seek new ways of doing our journalism digitally, and champion them in the newsroom.
You have:
- More than 10 years of experience managing reporters or editors.
- Deep knowledge of companies, the people that run them and the issues they care about.
- Demonstrated success at managing exclusive news coverage and longer-term work.
- The very highest standards of excellence, and a commitment to ambitious and distinctive journalism.
To apply, please provide a resume and cover letter.
To apply, go here.
