[PEN-L:4637] job announcement -editor of left economics magazine

[frank@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Ellen Frank)]

Job Opening
	Editor

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.