Head of Retail Coverage

Dow Jones; New York (NY); On-site; USD 165,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

The Wall Street Journal, part of Dow Jones, seeks a bureau chief in New York to lead the retail coverage. You will manage a team of reporters, guide daily coverage, edit stories, and help develop features while ensuring maximum reach across platforms.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years of experience managing reporters, strong editing and headline skills, and a track record in financial topics and service journalism, with a focus on accuracy and modern digital storytelling.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of experience managing reporters at a high level.
• Experience working with reporters or producers to develop ideas and coverage.
• Excellent line editing and headline-writing skills, ideally with a specialty in financial topics and service journalism.
• High standards and an ironclad commitment to accuracy.
• Experience working on digital platforms and new forms of storytelling.
• Coaching skills on and off-deadline, and the ability to keep teams focused and positive.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of reporters
• Guide daily coverage, working with reporters to jump on news and elevate stories
• Drive ideas with reporters and ensure stories and packages remain on track and on topic
• Edit stories
• Help develop new features
• Incorporate audience data into story planning and work with social, programming and strategy colleagues to ensure maximum reach.

Skills

Team leadership

Editing

Headline writing

Coaching

Digital storytelling

Audience data

Job description

The Wall Street Journal, part of Dow Jones, seeks a bureau chief in New York to lead the retail coverage. You will manage a team of reporters, guide daily coverage, edit stories, and help develop features while ensuring maximum reach across platforms.

Ideal candidates have 8+ years of experience managing reporters, strong editing and headline skills, and a track record in financial topics and service journalism, with a focus on accuracy and modern digital storytelling.