Assistant news editor needed for McClatchy business news

By Robin J Phillips on Feb 26, 2010 in Job listings

McClatchy-Tribune Business News is looking for an assistant news editor to work on a new digital news project.

The job is based in Washington, D.C. The salary is $45,000-$50,000.

In the McClatchy JournalismJobs.com job listing, McClatchy said it is “developing an exciting new product offering rules-based classification of news content, and we are looking for an editor with a willingness to learn new technologies to join our team.”

Assistant news editors are asked to do light editing:

reading,

coding and

writing headlines

for spot news and feature stories from more than 550 daily U.S. and foreign newspapers. They also track copy flow and deal with editors at contributing publications.

Suitable candidates, McClatchy said, will have at least one year of newspaper editing experience or its equivalent and must have a familiarity with HTML or XML. A facility with other computer software and an ability to move among programs with ease is essential, as is keen attention to detail, good problem solving skills and knowledge of current events.

About the Author

I am digital director at the Reynolds Center for Business Journalism, which I joined in 2009. Before that I was Online Community Manager for azcentral, the online site for The Arizona Republic. Before arriving in Arizona, I worked at Newsday where I was Deputy Business Editor. I was the small business editor at BusinessWeek Online. I teach journalists to use Twitter, Facebook and other social media tools to expand and manage their networks. And I am a cofounder of #wjchat, a weekly Twitter chat about web journalism. You can reach me at Email: Robin.Phillips@BusinessJournalism.org OR RobinJPhillips.com OR @RobinJP

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Eissa Hamdy says:

July 29, 2010 at 11:27 am

I’d like to work as a news editor. How can I apply?
Linda Austin says:

July 29, 2010 at 1:07 pm

The job was posted in February and doesn’t seem to be listed on McClatchy.com under “Careers.” I’m guessing it’s been filled by now.