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WSJ seeks editor in DC bureau

The Wall Street Journal’s Washington bureau is seeking an editor to help oversee political coverage, including coverage of the 2016 presidential campaign.

The job requires the ability to both track and edit breaking news on the political front, as well as skill at conceiving and helping reporters execute broader and more in-depth coverage.

Experience covering and editing stories involving Washington political organizations, as well as national political issues and campaigns, would be very helpful.

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.