Join The Washington Post and become a mobile products editor

The Washington Post is in search of a full-time mobile products editor at its bureau in Washington D.C..
The editor will work with the mobile business team and other news staff to create innovative ways to offer Washington Post content (including breaking news) through its new mobile platform on Blackberries, iPhones and other smart phones and devices. Collaborating with the business department, the editor will come up with ways to generate revenue through the Post's new mobile platform. The editor will also have a major role in other digital content including the paper's e-newsletter and will be responsible for creating applications for new technology.
Applicants should have extensive knowledge of Web 2.0 and multimedia. This job is only available for U.S. residents and relocation assistance is available.

Contact Peter Perl, at perlp@washpost.com for more information about the position.

View the job posting here.

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Supervise Planet Money

National Public Radio's Planet Money is looking for a supervising editor in New York.
The editor will conduct all planning and production for the Planet Money series. The editor will supervise staff, plan and monitor the unit's budget and coordinate with other NPR divisions.

Candidates should have:

• A bachelor's degree or a similar combination of experience and education.
  
• At least 10 years of professional journalism work with previous management experience.
• An understanding of how to plan and schedule in a union environment.
  
• A comprehensive knowledge of business and economics.
• The ability to relocate and work diverse shifts.

Applicants with developed skills in audio production and previous work in the broadcast industry or public radio environment are preferred. Knowledge of Web 2.0, social media, blogging, search engine optimization and data visualization is a plus.

View the job posting and apply online here.

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Work on Planet Money

National Public Radio's series Planet Money is in need of an executive producer at its headquarters in New York.
The producer will oversee the series as a whole, including production, staff and spending. The selected candidate will also work as a representative of Planet Money with NPR departments including Development, Sponsorship, Member & Program Services, Finance, Strategic Planning, Legal and IT.
Applicants should have a bachelor's degree or an "equivalent combination of education and experience." Candidate should have at least 10 years' experience in broadcast journalism and editing. They should also have:

• Experience managing editors, producers and on-air journalists.
• Journalistic or editorial experience reporting on business and economics.
  
• The ability to schedule in a union environment.
• A willingness to relocate and work a variety of shifts.

Knowledge of advanced audio production is a plus, as is an understanding of Web 2.0 including social media, digital production, data visualization and search engine optimization.

To learn more and apply online, visit here.

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BusinessWeek.com's new look

Today BusinessWeek unveiled a newly designed home page for their Web site, the first step in complete overall of the site that will unfold over the next few months.
BusinessWeek's John Byrne said the new look is aimed to "increase repeat visits to the homepage, drive more from the homepage to the rest of the site via improved navigation, to clearly communicate BusinessWeek.com offerings and special features through intelligent use of navigation and page layout, and to focus the homepage offering on our core audience of global business professionals and their destination mindset."
Byrne added that Businessweek.com currently has 50 million monthly page views and some 10 million unique visitors worldwide.
New additions include the following:

* Increased news and analysis on the most important breaking stories of the day in business.
* Expanded coverage of the stock markets around the world with more detailed data on the companies that are making news in the U.S., Europe and Asia.
* A Business Exchange window to see what our users are reading and how they’re reacting to stories on more than 1,500 topics, from commercial space travel to Starbucks, from around the web.

For more click here.

100 most creative people in business

Fast Company released its collection of 100 Most Creative People in Business Monday. The profile pages have:

• A paragraph about the person's life and work
• Links to their Web sites
• Stories about them from Google News
• Excerpts from their Wikipedia pages, blogs, or other online accounts like Linkedin and Twitter
• Videos of the individuals and their work from Vimeo and Youtube
• Their company's stock ticker or their standing on Google Trends
• A photo gallery of their products, programs and other work
• A collection of their notable quotes

Fast Company's collection shows an informed understanding of the Web. It takes full advantage of its online format, creating a collage of the individuals' Internet manifestations to give people a bigger picture of what each innovator is like.
It also avoids the typical, cliché business profile format, offering readers something they haven't already seen. The collection is a great example of business reporting in a Web 2.0 world.
View the collection here.