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Bloomberg News seeks Fed reporter

Bloomberg News is looking for an energetic reporter with sharp news judgment to cover the world’s most important central bank, the Federal Reserve.

This demanding and high-profile beat calls for excellence in a wide range of skills, from deadline reporting to enterprise. You must be able to develop sources and break news while also spotting emerging trends on monetary and regulatory policy and the economy. You will be working in close cooperation with an award-winning team of journalists. Minimum of three years of real-time business reporting experience is required. Experience covering central banks, finance or financial markets preferred.

Qualifications:
– Bachelor’s degree or the equivalent
– Experience working in a real-time news environment
– Ability to write quickly, concisely and accurately under deadline pressure
– Ability to build on a base of existing sources within the Federal Reserve
– Experience covering central banks and financial markets
– An entrepreneurial and energetic approach to the job
– Enthusiasm for adding the kind of detail or analysis that adds value for sophisticated consumers of financial news
– A good communicator, collaborator and team player
– A curious mind and a scrappy passion for reporting
– Demonstrable attention to detail and organizational skills

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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