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Business Insider seeks a leadership and workplace correspondent

Business Insider is hiring a Leadership and Workplace correspondent to cover leadership strategies, career advancement, and evolving work culture.

We’re seeking a seasoned reporter who can drive agenda-setting coverage of the leaders, workers, and strategies behind many of America’s biggest companies. Our team is passionate about workplace trends, from RTO and DEI policy changes to how AI is transforming people’s work. We aim to tell people what is happening and why it matters.

The Role 

This correspondent will cover management moves, stumbles, and strategies, and deliver sharp analysis and scoops of insight on the biggest leadership stories in business. We’re looking for someone who could authoritatively analyze leadership choices, decisions, and strategies.

This person should be excited to become a go-to expert across the newsroom for a leadership angle on the day’s big story, thanks to their coverage of critical career and workplace issues. They should also embrace collaboration with reporters on different sections who are covering industries as varied as Big Tech and Hollywood to content creators and the gig economy.

This position is based in our New York City HQ and is union-eligible.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Pitch and write original stories investigating and analyzing leadership strategies, workplace policies, and corporate culture shifts.
  • Get exclusive scoops that make Business Insider a must-read destination
  • Keep a deep Rolodex of business leaders to access the best insights possible about management strategies and moves.
  • Constantly engage with sources, attend industry conferences, and stay ahead of emerging workplace trends.

The Ideal Candidate Has:

  • Several years of experience in business journalism and, ideally, experience covering leadership and workplace transformations.
  • Strong relationships with sources in corporate leadership, HR, and workforce research.
  • Proven track record of breaking exclusive news and providing thought-provoking, analytical reporting.
  • Strong writing ability featuring quick, accurate, and conversational copy
  • Ability to work independently, manage multiple deadlines, and quickly respond to breaking news.

Salary & Benefits

  • Base salary: $120,000 – $160,000 (dependent on skills, experience, and competencies)

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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