Detroit Bureau Chief
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Job Location:
New York City, NY - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
8 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Description:
Detroit Bureau Chief:
The Wall Street Journal is seeking an experienced journalist to run automotive and manufacturing coverage from Detroit.
Americas Rust Belt is at the red-hot center of a global trade war that threatens to upend decades of globalization. President Trump has imposed sweeping tariffs meant to bring manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. Yet the road from tariffs to manufacturing revival is bound to be a long and bumpy one. We need a top-notch editor capable of helping our readers navigate it.
This job is based in Detroit and reports to the Corporate Editor.
You will:
Help set the long-term coverage agenda for the Detroit Bureau and oversee the daily news flow.
Nurture a top-flight team of reporters.
Successfully collaborate with other coverage areas and with colleagues across the newsroom to produce great and distinctive journalism.
Seek new ways of doing our journalism digitally and champion them in the newsroom.
You have:
More than 5 years of experience managing reporters or editors.
Deep knowledge of the companies and people who dominate the automotive industry and manufacturing broadly.
Demonstrated success at managing exclusive news coverage and longer-term work.
The very highest standards of excellence and a commitment to ambitious and distinctive journalism.
Deadline: 28th January 2026
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Dow Jones - News - WSJJob Category:
Editorial/JournalismUnion Status:
Non-Union rolePay Range: 175000 - 205000We 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 candidates 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..Required Experience:
Chief
Key Skills
- Administrative Skills
- Time Management
- Policy Development
- Listening Skill
- Leadership skills
- Organizational Skill
- Oversight Management
- Communication
- Legislature Development
- Legal & Compliance
- Relationship Management
- Strategic Thinking Skills
- Team Player Spirit
- Management Skill
- Problem Solving Skills
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