Publishing Editor, Risk & Compliance Journal

Job Description:

Role: Publishing Editor, Risk & Compliance Journal

Dow Jones Risk Journal is seeking an experienced journalist to edit coverage of global risk, compliance and regulatory issues affecting companies and financial institutions.

The editor will be responsible for editing and publishing copy for Dow Jones Risk Journal, including its digital news sites and newsletters. The editor will share responsibility for ensuring the digital sites and newsletters are complete, engaging, timely and appropriately prioritized. The editor will ensure that storytelling is enhanced with visuals and data, and will take a lead role in posting content on social media.

The position calls for a multi-talented journalist who possesses an understanding of – or eagerness to delve into – areas such as sanctions, anti-corruption, financial crime, cybersecurity, regulatory intelligence, and geopolitical, economic and supply chain risks. Dow Jones Risk Journal serves an audience of risk, compliance and legal professionals as well as executives throughout businesses who are responsible for assessing and mitigating risks.

This editor must have a keen understanding of the needs of business and financial professionals, and be capable of publishing top-quality coverage that informs readers, puts news developments into context and provides actionable analysis. This editor should approach their journalism from the perspective of ensuring it can help the readers in their day-to-day work. Sometimes this should include practical takeaways that can be applied by risk and compliance professionals to enhance their policies, programs or strategic discussions.

The person in this position will be an accomplished editor who can spot mistakes, ask important questions when there are holes and work with writers to adjust the structure of stories when needed. This editor must have a track record of producing accurate and clean copy; upholding journalistic standards; and working in a dynamic and fast-paced environment. This editor must be detail-oriented, be able to juggle multiple tasks and work effectively across the newsroom. This editor may also assist in commissioning articles from outside contributors. 

This position will be based in our New York City office.

You Will: 

• Edit and publish copy that is informative, analytical and delivers actionable context

• Quickly and sharply edit for accuracy, clarity, fairness, grammar and style

• Exercise strong news judgment in headline writing, editing and fast-paced publishing 

• Ensure news is prioritized, complete, engaging and enhanced with visuals and data

• Post content to social media

• Uphold Dow Jones standards and ethics in your own work and that of others

• Be a part of an ambitious newsroom with a can-do, startup culture

You Have: 

• 5+ years of experience as a news editor

• Subject matter expertise

• An aptitude for learning software and publishing tools

• An eye for enhancing storytelling with visuals and data

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 [email protected]. Please put "Reasonable Accommodation" in the subject line and provide a brief description of the type of assistance you need. This inbox will not be monitored for application status updates.

Business Area:

Dow Jones - Risk & Research

Job Category:

Editorial/Journalism

Union Status:

Union role

Pay Range: $90,000 - $110,000

We 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..