Job Description:
The Wall Street Journal is looking for an editor to curate our native platforms—WSJ.com and the WSJ app—and to enhance the digital experience for our audience, with a focus on evening and weekend audiences. You will work evening hours Tuesday-Saturday.
You will set lineups and package stories, using news judgment, knowledge of audience data and awareness of the WSJ brand to make programming decisions. You will help execute the team’s alert strategy and take a hands-on approach in crafting language for push notifications and email alerts.
Platform editors demonstrate sharp writing and strong editing skills, with the ability to balance the needs of breaking news and enterprise journalism with our subscribers in mind. The role requires speed and proficiency with digital publishing tools and a strong command of newsroom workflows.
We’re looking for someone who will be an advocate for the needs of our native platforms with coverage chiefs and an evangelist for digital storytelling in the newsroom. You will be a key voice in product initiatives for digital platforms and editorial tools.
The role is based in our New York office. You will report to the On-Platform Editor.
You Will:
Shape informative and engaging packages on digital home pages and within articles.
Use superb news judgment to balance breaking news with enterprise and features journalism.
Edit and write digital headlines, display text, photos, graphics, captions and alerts.
Use audience data to inform curation and strategy decisions
Help troubleshoot digital publishing issues.
You Have:
3+ years of experience working in a newsroom
Proven experience as a news editor, with a keen eye for detail and accuracy
Command of newsroom publishing tools, metadata and visual storytelling devices.
Strong design and visual judgment to enhance digital storytelling packages.
Familiarity with the Journal’s brand, content offering and various digital/print platforms.
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/AA/M/F/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
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Business Area:
Dow Jones - News - WSJ
Job Category:
Editorial/Journalism
Union Status:
Union rolePay Range: $40,000 - $160,000We 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 candidate’s 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..
