Dow Jones

Retail Bureau Chief

Dow Jones • $165K — $200K *
Media
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • At least 8 years of experience managing reporters at a high level
  • Strong background in developing story ideas and coverage with reporters or producers
  • Excellent line editing and headline-writing skills, particularly in financial journalism
  • Commitment to accuracy and high editorial standards
  • Experience with digital storytelling and platforms
  • Effective coaching skills to keep teams focused and motivated

Responsibilities

  • Manage a team of reporters
  • Guide daily news coverage and shape stories with reporters
  • Drive story brainstorming and ensure packages are relevant and well-constructed
  • Edit articles for clarity, accuracy, and engagement
  • Develop new features to enhance coverage
  • Incorporate audience data into planning to maximize story reach

Benefits

  • Comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health and retirement
  • Flexible compensation options to attract top talent
  • Optional benefits to cater to diverse employee needs
Full Job Description
Job Description:

Job Description:

The Wall Street Journal seeks a bureau chief to lead our coverage of the retail sector.

You will be responsible for handling breaking news, shaping our beat coverage, driving investigations and delivering distinctive enterprise stories. To succeed in this role, you will need to exercise sharp news judgment, juggle assignments and inspire your colleagues.

You will be expected to carry on the Journal's tradition of excellence and to think creatively and innovatively about how we cover stories for a digital audience. Experience in tackling complex projects in business and finance is a must.

The job is based in New York City and will be a part of the Business, Finance & Economics coverage team.

You will:
  • Manage a team of reporters
  • Guide daily coverage, working with reporters to jump on news and elevate stories;
  • Drive ideas with reporters and ensure stories and packages remain on track and on topic;
  • Edit stories;
  • Help develop new features
  • Incorporate audience data into story planning and work with social, programming and strategy colleagues to ensure maximum reach.


You have:
  • At least 8 years of experience managing reporters at a high level
  • Experience working with reporters or producers to develop ideas and coverage;
  • Excellent line editing and headline-writing skills, ideally with a specialty in financial topics and service journalism;
  • High standards and an ironclad commitment to accuracy;
  • Experience working on digital platforms and new forms of storytelling;
  • Coaching skills on and off-deadline, and the ability to keep teams focused and positive.


To apply, please submit your resume, a cover letter explaining how you would approach the job and examples of your work by October 23rd. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis, and we encourage early submission as the position may be filled before the deadline.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - News - WSJ

Job Category:

Editorial/Journalism

Union Status:

Non-Union role

Base Pay Range: $165,000 - $200,000

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.

About Dow Jones

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 news gathering operations globally. It produces leading publications and products including the flagship Wall Street Journal, America?s largest newspaper by paid circulation; Factiva, Barron?s, MarketWatch, Mansion Global, Financial News, Dow Jones Risk & Compliance, Dow Jones Newswires, and Dow Jones VentureSource.
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