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Barron’s seeks in-depth reporters in DC, NYC and San Fran

Barron’s is looking for curious, skilled reporters to join a new in-depth reporting team, focused on high-impact stories in finance, business and policy around the world.

Contact us if you are:

  • relentlessly committed to highly original reporting on stories that really matter
  • reliable at turning in excellent stories under tight deadlines
  • excited about experimenting with different forms of storytelling, on a variety of digital platforms as well as in print
  • knowledgeable and passionate about finance and business
  • recognized as an authority in your chose coverage area, with unrivaled sourcing
  • a self-starter, and a willing team-player too

Contact us too if you don’t hit all of these just yet, but you’re ambitious, energetic and determined to dig for the truth.

The work of this team will be published across the Barron’s Group, in print and online. The reporters will write frequently, though the main priority will be to produce original, richly-reported journalism and artful storytelling. We will be especially focused on three core areas: finance, policy, and tech.

The reporters will work with the Managing Editor for in-depth reporting, and will also collaborate, where appropriate, with reporters, editors, designers and others across the Group. We expect that the positions will be located in New York, San Francisco and Washington D.C.

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.

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