Ad Age seeks an agencies reporter

Ad Age is looking for a news-oriented reporter to own one of its most prominent areas of coverage: advertising agencies.

Basic Qualifications

At least 3 years’ solid reporting experience
Ability to cultivate sources and break daily news on busy and competitive beat
Ability to write in-depth features on major issues affecting the industry and its challenges
Must be able to do informed fast-turnaround stories for a daily news site and bi-weekly print magazine
Ability to help program and host industry-specific events
Post-COVID, this reporter will travel a few times a year to cover industry tentpole events

Preferences

Understanding of the industry and its players is preferred.

Position will begin remote. Once safe, will work from our midtown Manhattan office. Possibility to work from Chicago office for the right candidate.This position is exempt under the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not eligible for overtime pay.

To apply, go here.

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.