Bureau Chief, WSJ Pro Bankruptcy

Job Description:About the Role

Dow Jones' premium platform WSJ Pro is seeking a bureau chief to manage coverage of financial distress, debt restructuring and corporate bankruptcy. In this role, you will lead a team of reporters producing market-moving scoops, data-centered analysis and insightful features for WSJ Pro Bankruptcy, serving its professional readership as well as the Wall Street Journal's general audience.

This job calls for an enterprising player-coach to drive coverage at the highest levels of law and finance on corporate upheavals, legal battles and survival stories among troubled companies ranging from energy and retail to pharma and crypto.

A strong background in restructuring and bankruptcy is preferred, as well as a solid knowledge of corporate finance and business generally. This role requires a detail-oriented editor to manage a team of reporters to uncover when companies' futures turn sour. Along with excellent news coverage that adheres to the highest ethical standards, newsletters and live journalism are growth areas for Pro, and you will be part of shaping our approach and execution in these areas. The job is based in New York.

You Will:

• Manage editorial content and strategy, driving coverage priorities and supervising Pro Bankruptcy's team of reporters
• Drive proprietary stories on corporate restructuring, distressed-debt investing and chapter 11 bankruptcy cases
• Vet scoops on tight deadlines, editing coverage that is both sophisticated and accessible
• Originate smart analysis on the news and trends shaping the restructuring market
• Coordinate and collaborate with other Pro editors and reporters on subjects like private credit, private equity and venture capital as needed
• Spearhead production of Pro Bankruptcy's flagship daily newsletter

You Have:

• At least 5 years of editing/management experience
• Demonstrated news judgment and a detail-oriented mindset
• The ability to write content that is both sophisticated and accessible
• A focus on professional development of your colleagues and subordinates

Our Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Plans
• Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plans
• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance Plans
• Education Benefits
• Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Family Care Benefits
• Commuter Transit Program
• Subscription Discounts
• Employee Referral Program

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/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 - Wealth & Investing

Job Category:

Editorial/Journalism

Union Status:

Non-Union role

Pay Range: $150,000 - $205,000

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..