AI & VC Editor: Lead Top AI Lab & VC Coverage

Dow Jones & Company; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 210,000; Full time

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Benefits package

Job summary

The Wall Street Journal in San Francisco seeks an accomplished editor to lead coverage of artificial intelligence, venture capital, and the race for superintelligence. You will guide a team of beat and enterprise reporters, shaping tips into exclusive stories and driving agenda-setting coverage across AI labs and top venture firms.

You will manage fast-paced scoops, long-form projects, and incisive analysis, collaborating with editors across global bureaus to deliver seamless, multi-format

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of professional journalism experience with at least 3+ years editing tech/AI coverage.
• Strong editorial eye and understanding of complex corporate structures and deal-making.
• Elite line-editing, storytelling mechanics, and ability to publish under deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Direct a team of reporters to dominate AI/tech news coverage across products, founders, and venture activity.
• Turn tips and memos into exclusive news, features, and investigative work.
• Build and navigate deep sourcing networks across researchers, engineers, founders, and VC executives.

Skills

Editorial leadership

Tech/AI coverage

Deadline mastery

Story shaping

Education

Bachelor's degree in journalism

Tools

CMS platforms

Job description

The Wall Street Journal in San Francisco seeks an accomplished editor to lead coverage of artificial intelligence, venture capital, and the race for superintelligence. You will guide a team of beat and enterprise reporters, shaping tips into exclusive stories and driving agenda-setting coverage across AI labs and top venture firms.

You will manage fast-paced scoops, long-form projects, and incisive analysis, collaborating with editors across global bureaus to deliver seamless, multi-format