Ellen Frank wrote:
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> Job Opening
> Editor
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> Dollars and Sense, the 25-year-old progressive economics magazine based in
> Boston, seeks a coeditor who is comfortable working in a collectively run
> environment. As well as publishing a growing, 8,500 circulation bimonthly,
> Dollars and Sense runs an economic news service and is the publisher of
> six anthologies for classroom use.
>
> The coeditor will share responsibility for soliciting articles, planning
> the editorial schedule, editing features, and writing and editing short
> articles for the magazine. The coeditor also will write at least three
> features a year, help manage the magazine's book publishing business, and
> share other administrative duties.
>
> The coeditor will take primary responsibility for selecting and editing
> articles for our economic news service, a new initiative which distributes
> shortened versions of our magazine articles to labor newspapers and the
> alternative press.
>
> As part of a team of two business and two editorial staff, the coeditor
> will work closely with a volunteer collective of journalists, activists
> and social scientists committed to social justice and economic democracy.
>
> Excellent editing, writing, and administrative skills, progressive
> politics and professional experience required. Economics background a
> plus. Salary: $27,500 plus COLA and 5% annual raise, full health and four
> weeks vacation. Starting date: May 1.
>
> Send resume, writing and/or editing samples to: Editor Search, Dollars and
> Sense, One Summer St., Somerville, MA 02143. For information, call
> 617-628-8411.