WSJ seeks editor on real-time news desk

The Wall Street Journal’s real-time news desk seeks a New York-based editor to edit stories on a range of topics for all digital platforms.

The successful candidate will also flash market-moving headlines off corporate press releases for the wire services. He or she should have strong news judgment, be capable of working quickly under pressure and be able to collaborate in a team setting.

Much of the editing will focus on markets, finance and business topics, so familiarity with those subjects and experience as an editor in those areas is a plus.

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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.