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Personal Technology Columnist, The Wall Street Journal - CA

Employer
Dow Jones
Location
San Francisco
Salary
$DoE
Closing date
Jan 10, 2020

Job Details

Are you a journalist obsessed with how technology serves-and disturbs-your life? Are you open-minded and curious, yet skeptical and protective of your time, money and privacy? And can you write and talk about products and services in ways that engage people and help them make smart choices?

The Wall Street Journal's Personal Tech team is seeking a columnist who is deeply knowledgeable and thoughtful about today's most vital tech topics--from smartphones and social networks to security and privacy-and can translate those insights into written articles and other pieces that delight and serve readers.

The right candidate will have experience covering tech and a keen sense of what is genuinely useful innovation and what's just hype.

Whether through text, video, audio or live presentations, we'll count on you to be creative in guiding our readers through this often bewildering landscape, helping them get the most out of technology while protecting themselves from its ill effects.

We are looking for the person who will stand out and help us expand our robust Personal Tech franchise.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

  • Write a weekly column on a range of Personal Technology topics, including product reviews, how-to tutorials and other service-y smart takes. Explain complicated and often frustrating tech topics in a way that is authoritative, engaging and easy to understand.
  • Conceive and appear in regular videos accompanying columns, as well as news-based videos and podcasts.
  • Work closely with the Personal Tech editor and other colleagues in the group to develop new projects and methods to tell stories and reach audiences, using audio, graphics and animation, and emerging technologies such as augmented reality.
  • Keep up with the complex security and privacy issues that are becoming core to digital life.
  • Discover promising yet unsung products and technologies, particularly ones that represent emerging trends.
  • Participate in WSJ tech conferences.


JOB SPECIFICATIONS

The preferred candidate will have at least five years of experience covering technology, and examples of writing and video that demonstrate a strong and distinctive voice as well as deep knowledge of products and services.

The job can be based in San Francisco or elsewhere, for the right candidate.

Click 'APPLY' now.

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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.

About Us

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, 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 38 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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We break stories, influence ideas, and advance business intelligence and cultural interest.

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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