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Boston radio station seeks co-anchor for biz show

The Financial Radio Exchange Network operates a daily business news program based in Boston. It airs on 10 stations throughout New England with our flagship being WRKO AM 680.

We are currently actively seeking a co-host for the program.

  • ROLE: To present quality business and personal finance reporting as a reporter or anchor who is also an active member of the on-air team.
  • Covers and reports on stories as assigned by the host and producer
  • Collects and analyzes information about newsworthy events to write news stories for publication or broadcast: Receives assignment or evaluates news leads and news tips to develop story idea.
  • Gathers and verifies factual information regarding story through interview, observation, and research.
  • Organizes material, determines slant or emphasis, and writes story according to prescribed editorial style and format standards.
  • Develops sources and contacts
  • Possesses excellent communication skills to present dynamic and relevant stories, incorporating the highest of production techniques
  • Organizes material, determines slant or emphasis, and writes story according to prescribed editorial style and format standards.
  • May take photographs or shoot video to illustrate stories.
  • May edit, or assist in editing, videos for broadcast.
  • May appear on television program when conducting taped or filmed interviews or narration.
  • College degree preferred
  • 3-5 years radio news experience in a Medium or Major Market, preferably a news background

Equal Opportunity Employer

If interested send cover letter & resume to:

Jason Wolfe

Financial Exchange Radio Network

144 Gould St Suite 210

Needham, MA 02494

Equal Opportunity Employer

If interested send cover letter & resume to:

Jason Wolfe

Financial Exchange Radio Network

144 Gould St Suite 210

Needham, MA 02494

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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