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The Wall Street Journal · 1 day ago

Business Features Editor

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

$170K/yr - $200K/yr

7+ years exp

The Wall Street Journal is seeking a dynamic and experienced business features editor to help identify, assign and shepherd lively weekend reads from gripping corporate and financial stories. The ideal candidate will work collaboratively with reporters to create memorable narratives about consumer culture, business personalities, and macro trends in the global economy.

FinanceFinancial ServicesInternet

Responsibilities

Assign, edit and bulletproof multiple stories per week that speak to stepback, weekend-reading appetites—what is the larger picture or bigger thesis? What is the unknown story or hidden character drama in this headline or brand name?

Work with news reporters around the newsroom in the Journal’s New York and global bureaus to come in on the biggest news stories of the day

Coach reporters to see around corners, and personally uncover stories no one else is chasing, developing them into juicy features and engaging reads

Push to amplify traditional profiles, trend or event stories with humanizing detail and great eye for shareable, well-crafted narrative that shows potential for cover story billing

Be a hands-on bulletproofer of stories, ensuring they are well reported, compellingly written, visually striking, and adhere to Journal standards for rigorous sourcing and ethics under tight deadlines

Push your stories to deliver on various forms of storytelling including visuals, social, graphics and videos, ensuring collaboration around the newsroom to reach audiences in fresh formats

Embody the coverage area’s mission to simultaneously inform and entertain

Ensure the top-tier execution and ethical standards of the Wall Street Journal and WSJ. Magazine are consistently met: that work is of impeccable quality across all platforms, and that The Journal’s codes of conduct and overall Standards & Ethics rules are scrupulously met

Qualification

News features editingCollaborative editingStorytellingAudience data analysisNarrative approachVisual thinkingCoaching reportersEthical standardsAttention to detailSense of humor

Required

7 to 10+ years experience as a news features editor, including time running reporters, editing stories, commissioning coverage and working on storytelling of all types

Journalistic ambition and 'run toward the fire' energy in coming in on the biggest business-news stories of the day with a stepback, narrative approach. Strong sense of news-cycle timing and when broader stories will be perfectly timed

A sharp sense of what our digital audiences are talking about and how to connect with them. A comfort with audience data, showing the ability to draw strong inferences and go-forward plans about what succeeds or doesn't

A meticulous approach to pushing reporters on getting facts and details exactly right, knowing how to avoid errors and bulletproof high-profile, consequential stories with a close attention to detail

A collaborative spirit and eagerness to partner collaboratively with other editors and reporters across various newsroom teams

A sense of humor, including a demonstrated ability to find clever, intelligent ways into stories that are being widely covered

Visual thinking and a vested interest in how your stories will look and present across all mediums

A commitment to ensuring the scruples, ethical standards, voice, and tone of The Wall Street Journal are consistently met; that stories are accurate, fair, and of impeccable quality