Special Editor

Dow Jones & Company; New York (NY); On-site; Full time

Job summary

The Wall Street Journal seeks a skilled special editor for a short-term role focused on enterprise journalism. Candidates should have a minimum of 10 years of journalism experience, showcasing strong writing, organizational skills, and the ability to collaborate effectively. This position will involve high-profile projects and is integral to maintaining the quality and standards of Dow Jones journalism.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 10 years experience in producing high level journalism.
• Strong writing skills and a keen news judgment.
• Ability to manage content effectively and prioritize tasks.

Responsibilities

• Pitch and execute high-impact stories.
• Collaborate with reporters and editors in the newsroom.
• Uphold Dow Jones standards and ethics.

Skills

Writing

News Judgment

Organizational Skills

Collaboration

Editing

Job description

The Wall Street Journal is seeking an experienced digitally minded news professional for a short-term contact to work on enterprise journalism.

In this role you will partner with our enterprise and investigations teams on high profile projects. The special editor must have a solid understanding of what makes something a Wall Street Journal story and be able to deliver on all aspects of an article from reporting to editing to publication.

In this role you will demonstrate strong writing skills excellent news judgment a close eye for detail solid organizational and prioritization skills and an exceptional ability to manage content as well as your time.

You will :

Pitch and execute high-impact stories

Collaborate with reporters and editors within the WSJ newsroom

Uphold Dow Jones standards and ethics.

Understand the core audiences of The Wall Street Journal and the kinds of articles that resonate with them.

You have :

A minimum of 10 years experience in producing high level journalism

A well-honed sense of urgency along with a capacity to remain calm under pressure.

The ability to prioritize tasks and time while handling multiple responsibilities.

A collaborative mindset and a finely honed awareness of how a newsroom works

Reasonable accommodation : Dow Jones Making Careers Newsworthy - We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression pregnancy age national origin disability status genetic information protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. EEO / Disabled / Vets. Dow Jones is 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 due to a disability email us at 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.

Business Area :

Dow Jones - News - WSJ

Job Category :

Editorial / Journalism

Union Status : Union role

Pay Range : $93.00 / hr - $115.00 / hr

We recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. The quoted salary range represents our good faith estimate as to what our ideal candidates are likely to expect and we tailor our offers within the range based on the selected candidates experience industry knowledge location technical and communication skills and other factors that may prove relevant during the interview process.

Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract engage and motivate talented people to do their best work. Similarly to salary for bonus eligible roles targets are set based on a variety of factors including competitive market practice.

For benefits eligible roles in addition to cash compensation the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package with a variety of physical health retirement and savings caregiving emotional wellbeing transportation and other benefits including elective benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce..

Key Skills

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