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Rankings Editor

Employer
Dow Jones
Location
New York, NY
Salary
$DoE
Closing date
Nov 12, 2021

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Industry
Journalist
Job Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time
Sector
Finance
Discipline
Editor

Job Details

Job Description:

The Wall Street Journal is looking for an editor to lead our rankings and lists, an important and growing initiative for the Journal that already provides invaluable service to a large audience through original research and data analysis.

Our annual College Ranking is authoritative and widely relied upon by parents and students. Others, like our airport, housing and management rankings, are perennial engagement drivers. You will help us develop and launch new rankings and lists, lead the production and growth of ongoing rankings projects across platforms and evaluate strategic partnerships, tools and methodologies around structured data.

We're looking for someone with strong data analysis skills; a good sense of topics that interest the Journal's audiences, current and future; strong project management skills; and a good sense of design of user-centric tools and content. We value collaboration and creativity, and are focused on leaving our audiences smarter and smiling.

You will be part of the New Formats team, which develops novel approaches to bring our journalism to new readers and deepen our relationship with our existing audience. You will work closely with reporters and editors across the newsroom who have expertise in various rankings areas as well as the Journal's visuals, product, design and engineering departments. You will be part of a creative group of storytellers who prioritize audience engagement in their work.

It's essential to have an enthusiasm for news and the public mission of journalism.

The position will be based in our New York City office and report to Robin Kwong, New Formats Editor.

You Will:
  • Help create excellent rankings experiences that serve audiences with actionable and customizable information.
  • Evaluate internal and external tools and methodologies around rankings and other structured data to ensure best practices and scalability.
  • Use editorial judgment to lead the rankings content with a sharp focus on accuracy and usefulness. Edit contributions to the rankings by writers and create original content.
  • Analyze and report rankings performance.
  • Help create other new journalism formats.

You Have:
  • Strong writing skills and experience in a newsroom
  • A passion for experimentation and a facility for data
  • Excellent organization and project management skills
  • Superb news judgment; a strong journalistic foundation as a reporter or editor
  • An open mind. Welcome learning new skills and opportunities to teach others

Extra consideration will be given to candidates who have skills appropriate for advanced data and visual journalism.
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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. 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, please reach out to us at TalentResourceTeam@dowjones.com. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line.

Business Area: NEWS/WSJ

Job Category: News/Editorial Group

About Us

Since 1882, Dow Jones has been finding new ways to bring information to the world's top business entities. Beginning as a niche news agency in an obscure Wall Street basement, Dow Jones has grown to be a worldwide news and information powerhouse, with prestigious brands including The Wall Street Journal, Dow Jones Newswires, Factiva, Barron's, MarketWatch and Financial News.

This longevity and success is due to a relentless pursuit of accuracy, depth and innovation, enhanced by the wisdom of past experience and a solid grasp on the future ahead. More than its individual brands, Dow Jones is a modern gateway to intelligence, with innovative technology, advanced data feeds, integrated solutions, expert research, award-winning journalism and customizable apps and delivery systems to bring the information that matters most to customers, when and where they need it, every day.

If you are a current employee at Dow Jones, do not apply here. Please go to the Career section on your Workday homepage and view "Find Jobs - Dow Jones." Thank you.

Req ID: 27938

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We expose the events that turn markets, the digital breakthroughs that transform art, the demand that drives invention, as well as the political and societal passing moments and lasting consequences.

We are the people of Dow Jones. From different fields, backgrounds and viewpoints we invite you to join us.

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