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WSJ seeks banking editor

The Wall Street Journal is seeking a banking editor for its Money & Investing section.

The successful candidate will be steward of one the most important coverage area at the WSJ: Wall Street and the broader financial sector. The WSJ’s banking team covers the biggest issues in finance – from the impact of new global regulations on banking to trends in lending and the battle to fend off cyber hackers.

The banking editor will be responsible for managing a team of reporters and for guiding stories through to publication on all platforms. He or she must be able to adeptly edit and publish breaking news under real-time deadline pressure as well as guide long-form stories from conception to page one.

The successful applicant will also be a proven leader and team builder as well as an energetic self-starter.

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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