Dow Jones - New York, NY
posted 5 months ago
Dow Jones is seeking a Platform Editor for NewsPlus, its web portal for financial professionals. NewsPlus features company, markets, and economic news, along with features and analysis from Dow Jones Newswires in English and in real-time, all presented on an intuitive web interface. The role operates on a shift-based system, where NewsPlus editors are part of a team responsible for selecting breaking news, features, and analysis from across Dow Jones publications, including The Wall Street Journal, MarketWatch, and Barron's. This curation is essential for the publication on the NewsPlus platform, which is a crucial component of Dow Jones's professional content business, highly valued by banks, financial services companies, brokers, and other market experts. The NewsPlus team must be adept at working in a digital news environment, possessing the ability to assess stories for publication based on strong news judgment and an understanding of the audience's needs, which is focused on business, finance, and markets. The team is also tasked with compiling newsletters, briefings, and other materials. Essential skills for this role include strong written English, excellent news judgment, attention to detail, experience in selecting visuals and graphics to accompany stories, and good organizational and prioritization skills. A demonstrable interest in current affairs, economics, business, and finance is crucial, as is an understanding of how news is consumed. Candidates should have a solid grasp of financial markets and corporate and economic news, with previous reporting experience being advantageous. A key aspect of the role involves real-time communication with other editors, reporters, and coverage chiefs across the region and beyond. Candidates must be flexible in their working hours, as varying shifts may be required, including occasional early starts. Dow Jones is looking for candidates for several open roles that could be based in New York, Barcelona, or London. The successful candidate will exercise exceptional news judgment to identify news of importance to professionals, efficiently prioritize and summarize content, uphold Dow Jones standards and ethics, and connect content with the audience. Collaboration with reporters and editors from other groups, including Dow Jones Newswires and WSJ, is essential, as is the ability to communicate precisely and compassionately. Proactivity is a valued trait in this role.