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**Senior News Editor, World** Lead our world news team, ensuring we're first or fast for top stories. Drive digital experiences, manage world live blogs, and champion global coverage. Proficient in editing, writing, and building digital experiences. Requires 7+ years in world journalism, with proven editing and writing skills. Based in New York.
- Compensation
- $180,000 – $220,000 USD
- City
- New York City
- Country
- United States
Currency: $ (USD)
Full Job Description
The Wall Street Journal is seeking a high-energy news editor for a role at the heart of our newsroom focused on world coverage. You will work collaboratively with our world bureaus and breaking news team to ensure we are first or fast the stories that matter most to our readers. You will be part of a tight-knit team of senior news editors charged with elevating the digital experience for our readers. You will be a fast and accurate line editor with the confidence to commission, edit, and publish and in some instances write the first takes of big breaking news.
You will also be the lead project manager responsible for building rich digital experiences for readers of our world coverage, working with bureau chiefs and reporters across different time zones from the conception of a story to its completion to ensure we attract and engage our readers. In this endeavor, you will work closely with colleagues in publishing, visual, audio, video, design and audience. You will also be required to oversee or helm our world live blogs.
The successful candidate will be a champion for world coverage on our digital platforms, involved in the process of picking and positioning the best stories for our daily line-ups, while also writing arresting headlines and crafting news alerts. You will be well-versed in world news and comfortable working with images, data and charts, with an open mind about the best way to tell a story. You will be required to work occasional evenings and weekends.
The position is based in New York.
You will:
Be responsible for ensuring we are first or fast on big breaking world news stories
Act as a lead project manager responsible for building rich digital experiences for our readers
Be a champion for world stories on our digital platforms
You have:
At least seven years experience in world journalism
Editing experience and outstanding writing skills
Experience of how to build rich digital experience for readers
A facility with images, charts, social media or other aspects of world journalism
To apply, please submit your resume, a cover letter detailing how you would do the job, and five examples of your best work by July 31th. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and we encourage early submission as the position may be filled before the deadline.
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
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Non-Union role
Base Pay Range: $180,000 - $220,000
Were 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 candidates 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.
The Wall Street Journal is a global news organization that provides leading news, information, commentary and analysis. The Wall Street Journal engages readers across print, digital, mobile, social, audio, and video. Building on its heritage as the preeminent source of global business and financial news, the Journal includes coverage of U.S. and world news, politics, arts, culture, lifestyle, sports, and health. It holds more than three dozen Pulitzer Prizes for outstanding journalism. The Wall Street Journal is published by Dow Jones, a division of News Corp (NASDAQ: NWS, NWSA; ASX: NWS, NWSLV).
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