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Bloomberg BNA seeks employee benefits reporter

Bloomberg BNA is seeking a senior reporter to cover employee benefits at its Arlington, Virginia, office.

Job Description:

  • Mastery of reporting and writing skills required to product news stories and features with minimal editing under deadline.
  • Mastery of journalism principles and techniques.
  • Proven ability to develop and cover a beat, including developing sources, developing story ideas, and conducting interviews.
  • Knowledge in depth of federal and state legislative, regulatory, and judicial processes.
  • Ability to attend outside meetings, hearings, news events, etc., and to report on them clearly and accurately for deadline.
  • Ability to serve as subject area expert and resource for others covering same or related beat(s).
  • Proficiency in MS Office.
  • Ability to use BBNA publishing tools and other technology effectively with BBNA training.
  • Excellent proofreading skills.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree with coursework in English or journalism preferred.

Experience:

A minimum of 4 years’ experience in journalism, including at least one year reporting on subject areas covered by assigned publications.

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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