Retail Bureau Chief: Lead Coverage & Investigations

Dow Jones & Company, Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

The Wall Street Journal in New York City seeks a bureau chief to lead coverage of the retail sector, handle breaking news, shape beat coverage, drive investigations and deliver distinctive enterprise stories for a digital audience.

You will manage a team of reporters, guide daily coverage, edit stories, and develop new features, using audience data and collaborating with social, programming and strategy teams to maximize reach.

Qualifications

• At least 8 years of experience managing reporters at a high level.
• Experience developing ideas with reporters or producers.
• Excellent line editing and headline-writing skills, with financial topics favored.
• High standards and ironclad commitment to accuracy.
• Experience on digital platforms and new forms of storytelling.
• Coaching skills on and off deadline; keep teams focused and positive.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of reporters.
• Guide daily coverage, jumping on news and elevating stories.
• Drive ideas with reporters and ensure stories and packages stay on track.
• Edit stories.
• Help develop new features.
• Incorporate audience data into story planning and collaborate with social, programming and strategy teams to maximize reach.

Skills

People management

Editorial judgment

Headline writing

Digital storytelling

Audience data analytics

Job description

The Wall Street Journal in New York City seeks a bureau chief to lead coverage of the retail sector, handle breaking news, shape beat coverage, drive investigations and deliver distinctive enterprise stories for a digital audience.

You will manage a team of reporters, guide daily coverage, edit stories, and develop new features, using audience data and collaborating with social, programming and strategy teams to maximize reach.