Newsletter Writer/Editor

Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

New York (NY)

Hybrid

USD 120,000 - 140,000

Full time

48 hours ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive Healthcare Plans
Paid Time Off
Retirement Plans
Education Benefits
Employee Referral Program

Job summary

Dow Jones & Company, Inc. is seeking a Newsletter Writer/Editor to produce engaging newsletters for MarketWatch. The role will involve crafting distinctive voices and content strategies while collaborating with various teams.

Ideal candidates should have over 5 years of journalism experience and exceptional writing skills. This position offers a salary range of $120,000 - $140,000 along with comprehensive healthcare and retirement benefits.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in journalism, newsletters, or digital media.
  • Exceptional writing and editing skills with audience-focused journalism experience.
  • Ability to identify stories that build reader engagement.

Responsibilities

  • Write, edit and produce newsletters for MarketWatch.
  • Collaborate with teams to extend journalism reach.
  • Use audience data and feedback for editorial improvements.

Skills

Writing skills
Editing skills
Editorial judgment
Audience engagement
Data analysis

Tools

Newsletter platforms
Audience engagement tools

Job description

Job Description:
About the Team:

MarketWatch provides real-time business news, analysis and stock market data to the general public. Providing insight into what the news of the moment means for your money, empowering you to take control of financial decisions.

About The Role:

The Newsletter Writer/Editor write, edit and help produce newsletters across MarketWatch’s growing portfolio, including flagship products such as Don’t Short Yourself and Need to Know . They will play a central role in shaping that future—helping MarketWatch grow its audience, deepen reader engagement and create new opportunities for journalism to connect with readers beyond the homepage.

You Will:
  • Write, edit and help produce newsletters across MarketWatch’s growing portfolio, including flagship products such as Don’t Short Yourself and Need to Know .
  • Help develop distinctive voices, formats and editorial approaches for individual newsletters.
  • Bring a conversational, personality-driven approach to financial journalism and help turn MarketWatch reporting into compelling newsletter experiences.
  • Collaborate with audience, social, video and marketing teams to extend the reach and impact of MarketWatch’s journalism.
  • Work closely with reporters and editors across the newsroom to identify stories, ideas and voices that can strengthen our newsletters.
  • Use audience data and reader feedback to improve subject matter, presentation and engagement.
  • Experiment with formats and approaches that can build reader habits and deepen engagement
  • Help to establish repeatable editorial practices that can strengthen the quality and execution of newsletters.
  • Help establish distinctive voices for the new/relaunched newsletters
  • Grow readership and engagement
  • Create repeatable practices that improve the quality and execution
You Have:
  • 5+ years of experience in journalism, newsletters, or digital media or a related field.
  • Exceptional writing and editing skills, with experience producing newsletters or other audience-focused journalism.
  • Strong editorial judgment and an instinct for identifying stories and ideas that can build habits and deepen reader engagement.
  • Comfort using audience data and reader feedback to inform editorial decisions.
  • Ability to make complex financial and economic subjects accessible, useful and engaging for a broad audience.
  • Familiarity with newsletter platforms and audience-engagement tools.
  • Ability to manage multiple newsletters and priorities in a fast-moving newsroom.
Our Benefits
  • Comprehensive Healthcare Plans
  • Paid Time Off
  • Retirement Plans
  • Comprehensive Insurance Plans
  • Lifestyle Programs & Wellness Resources
  • Education Benefits
  • Family Care Benefits & Caregiving Support
  • Commuter Transit Program
  • Subscription Discounts
  • Employee Referral Program
  • Financial Health Programs
  • Cybersecurity Protection
Equal Opportunity Employer

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other protected characteristic under applicable law. EEO/Disabled/Vets

Reasonable Accommodation

We are committed to providing reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and/or interview process. If you need assistance or accommodation in completing your application or participating in an interview due to a disability, email us at talentresourceteam@dowjones.com. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

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Business Area: Dow Jones - Wealth & Investing
Job Category: Editorial/Journalism
Union Status:

Non-Union role

Base Pay Range: $120,000 - $140,000

We’re committed to offering competitive and flexible compensation to attract top talent. This pay range reflects our good faith estimate for the role and may vary based on a candidate’s experience, skills, location, and other relevant factors.

For bonus-eligible roles, targets are determined based on multiple considerations, including market benchmarks and individual contributions.

For benefits-eligible roles, we offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health, retirement, wellbeing, and more, along with optional benefits to meet the diverse needs of our employees.

Dow Jones is a global provider of news and business information, delivering content to consumers and organizations around the world across multiple formats, including print, digital, mobile and live events. Dow Jones has produced unrivaled quality content for more than 130 years and today has one of the world’s largest newsgathering operations globally.

It is home to leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America’s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Barron’s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance and Dow Jones Newswires. Dow Jones is a division of News Corp (Nasdaq: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).

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