AP seeks Money & Markets editor

The Associated Press is looking for an editor to lead its Money & Markets product at its New York headquarters.

The wire service’s ad states, “Money and Markets is a graphics-rich investing and personal finance product. It appears in hundreds of newspapers and its Web presence is being expanded. The content makes heavy use of explanatory graphics and design. The goal of Money & Markets is to analyze markets news and trends to help long-term investors make decisions.

“This position requires an aggressive editor, who understands how financial markets work and has the skills, experience and vision to take charge and improve this critical product. The candidate also will play a significant role in the AP’s overall coverage of the global financial markets.

“The candidate must be able to effectively manage a staff of reporters and graphic artists. Applicants must have at least 5 years of management experience.”

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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.