National Security Editor
About The Position
National Security Editor The Wall Street Journal is seeking a visionary Bureau Chief to lead our national security coverage. As the primary leader of this high-profile beat, you will set the editorial agenda for how the Journal covers the most critical issues in U.S. geopolitics. You will lead a team of world-class reporters in Washington covering foreign policy, the Pentagon, the State Department and the intelligence community, ensuring our coverage is indispensable to global decision-makers. The Bureau Chief is responsible for the overall excellence of the bureau’s output, balancing the urgency of breaking news with the sophisticated, deep-dive investigative reporting that defines the Journal.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in high-level journalism, with a significant portion dedicated to covering or managing national security, foreign policy, or defense.
- Exceptional Editorial Vision: The ability to see the "big picture" and steer a team toward stories that matter most to a sophisticated global audience.
- Elite Editing Skills: A mastery of narrative structure and the ability to turn complex geopolitical maneuvers into clear, compelling prose.
- Cool Under Fire: Proven experience managing high-stakes news cycles and making critical editorial decisions under intense deadline pressure.
- Deep Sourcing: A sophisticated understanding of the D.C. power structure and the instincts of a veteran investigative journalist.
Responsibilities
- Set the Strategy: Define the bureau’s coverage priorities, identifying the "big shifts" in global power, defense technology, and diplomatic strategy before they hit the mainstream.
- Lead the Team: Manage and mentor a seasoned team of reporters and a deputy editor, fostering a culture of excellence, high-impact storytelling, and collaborative reporting.
- Drive Impact: Direct the bureau’s most ambitious projects, ensuring the Journal consistently delivers scoops, features and investigations that drive the global conversation.
- Collaborate Globally: Work closely with senior editors in New York and international bureaus to coordinate a seamless global narrative on national security.
- Innovate: Champion new storytelling formats and digital-first strategies to expand the Journal’s reach and engage new audiences.
Benefits
- 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.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
