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WSJ seeks copy editor in San Francisco

The Wall Street Journal is seeking a versatile editor to deliver polished copy spanning breaking news, features and data-driven stories.

Based in San Francisco, this editor will have a background in the business of technology and venture capital in service of the needs of our specialist venture capital market subscribers as well as print and online audiences.

This editor will help drive original reports, scoops and features at an important juncture in the booming technology startup landscape. A business editor with an institutional memory and the ability to separate hype from reality is essential.

The ideal editor will also be able to simply explain complex technology businesses and term sheet terminology as well as put it into context for the big picture. Experience exploring data to find and tell original stories and the ability to build charts and visuals to support them is a huge plus.

Applications should include a resume and cover letter.

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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