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WSJ seeks assistant editorial features editor

The Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Features department accepts and edits approximately two dozen op-ed articles per week.

The position requires evaluating dozens of unsolicited submissions weekly and either turning them down or recommending acceptance; maintaining relationships with past contributors and soliciting op-eds from them in response to breaking news; editing op-eds and preparing them for print, online and social media; doing research to assist other editors; suggesting ideas for op-eds and occasionally contributing to the op-ed pages, in particular the Weekend Interview.

Applicant requirements:

– College graduate with at least 4+ years editing experience, preferably with an emphasis on political and economic content.

– It is essential that candidates be familiar with the ideas, philosophy and principles for which the Wall Street Journal editorial page stands.

– Flexible to do weekend/evening work as required.

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.

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