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Bankrate seeks small business/entrepreneurs reporter

Bankrate is looking for a great reporter and blogger to create content for entrepreneurs, startups and small businesses and all of their financial needs. Ideal candidates will have real-life experience starting a small business.

You will cover the topics related to small businesses and write engaging and interesting stories and blogs to broad digital audiences across multiple platforms — all while breaking exclusive news from the beat.

You must have experience writing for business owners and must clearly understand and closely follow the startup industry, financial products and issues facing small-business owners and the tools entrepreneurs can use to fund their ideas.

You must have at least 2 years of experience at a professional media outlet.

Our staff includes award-winning writers and editors who have passion for personal finance. Together, we want to help readers navigate life’s financial journey. We want you to be or evolve as the authority on entrepreneurship. We want you to have a passion for the subject and be willing to give advice and share your experiences with readers. And we want you to have a passion for great, innovative storytelling across any platform, with the desire to keep learning and improving.

The position can be based Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, New York City or Washington, DC.

Responsibilities

Actively follow the small-business industry and cultivate relationships and sources.
Respond quickly to breaking news and thrive under pressure.
Evaluate website metrics to make content decisions.
Pitch trending story topics and continually look for ways to push breaking and/or viral stories forward with new angles.
Write stories, blogs and related content.
Demonstrate versatility to turn around story ideas very quickly and explore complex topics in long-form enterprising work.
Must be comfortable adapting to changes in evolving industry.
Demonstrate knowledge of SEO best practices and AP style.
Represent Bankrate as a spokesperson in Bankrate videos and to other media.

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.