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WSJ seeks deputy editor, newsroom standards in Hong Kong

Deputy Editor, Newsroom Standards (International), is a senior position based in Hong Kong with primary responsibility for ensuring the reporting, editing and publication of news during the Asian business day and early in Europe meet our high Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones standards.

Specific duties include final reading of sensitive articles pre-publication as well as regional travel to help train on standards issues.

The position also involves helping resolve post-publication issues and working on a variety of standards projects originating all over the world.

The selected editor will work very closely with the standards/ethics team in New York and report to the Editor, Ethics and Standards. Candidates should have substantial and high-level editing experience and significant knowledge of Wall Street Journal/Dow Jones standards and procedures.

Work experience outside the U.S. is a plus.

Dow Jones offers an opportunity to work for one of the world’s leading financial and business news companies. We invite interested candidates to submit a cover letter and detailed resume (including up to five published samples of your work), current and expected salary 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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