Standards Editor

About the role

The Wall Street Journal is looking for an experienced editor to join our Standards and Ethics department. You should have a demonstrated expertise and insight in setting and maintaining reporting and style standards. You will be part of a team responsible for ensuring the Journal always maintains the highest and most rigorous standards of fairness and integrity and is a model for ethical, fact-based news reporting. The Standards and Ethics team is an integral part of the Journal newsroom, acting as the collective conscience of its members, and a central reason we have been trusted by readers for more than 130 years. You will be versed in, and a strong advocate for, these standards and ethics. You will have strong journalistic experience, allowing you to act as an arbiter, and champion, of our journalism. You will be a final reader on our most impactful journalism and act as an adjudicator of disputes. Most importantly, you are a protector of readers' interests.

Responsibilities

• Handle pre-publication review of essential journalism, working with Dow Jones media attorneys and editors to guide reporters.
• Resolve issues that may arise after publication.
• Act as a final reader on the Journal's most impactful journalism.
• Serve as an adjudicator of disputes.
• Champion and defend the highest-quality, fact-based journalism.
• Uphold and advocate for the Journal's reporting and style standards.

Requirements

• At least 10 years of journalism experience, including high-level editing and managerial experience in a senior leadership role.
• A clear sense of fairness, keen news judgment, and an unwavering commitment to truth.
• Significant knowledge of The Wall Street Journal's standards and processes.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of journalism experience with senior editing and management responsibilities.
• Strong sense of fairness and news judgment.
• Deep knowledge of WSJ standards and processes.

Skills

• Expertise in setting and maintaining reporting and style standards.
• Strong journalistic experience enabling arbitration and championship of journalism.
• Ability to serve as final reader and adjudicator.
• Skill in pre-publication review collaboration with attorneys and editors.
• Capability to resolve post-publication issues.
• Commitment to protecting readers' interests.
• Advocacy for highest-quality, fact-based journalism.

Benefits

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits package covering health, retirement, wellbeing, and more, with optional benefits to meet diverse employee needs.

Pay

Base Pay Range: $190,000 - $225,000