Axios is a thriving, fast-growing media organization dedicated to providing trustworthy, award-winning news in an audience-first format. We’re hiring a Senior Technology Reporter.
Why it Matters: Axios has built a newsroom of more than 150 talented journalists committed to providing our readers the most trustworthy information in the most efficient way possible. We are looking for a highly talented, collaborative, experienced journalist to serve as co-author of our daily morning Login newsletter.
- A successful candidate for this job will be a seasoned technology correspondent well sourced inside the major tech companies, eager to break stories and ready to explain the day’s news to Axios’ readers in one of our key areas of news coverage.
The details: Ideal candidates will embody an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for Axios’ reader-first mission.
Ideal candidates will also have the following skills and traits:
- Subject matter expertise on the tech landscape
- A passion for covering tech companies, trends, products and controversies
- Exceptional writing abilities
- Highly skilled at spotting top story ideas and crafting conceptual newsletter items to exceed our readers’ expectations
- Expertise for driving the conversation with scoops and trend stories
- Strong source base and ability to produce exclusive content
- Ability to collaborate closely and effectively with internal and external audiences
- Positive attitude and ability to thrive in high-pressure news environment
- A commitment to building and supporting a diverse and inclusive environment
- A belief in Smart Brevity as the core writing style of Axios
To apply, go here.
Chris RoushChris 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.