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Business Insider seeks Amazon, Google, Facebook reporter

Business Insider is hiring a full-time tech reporter to help us cover breaking news related to Amazon, Google, Facebook, and other tech giants as well as general tech news.

The ideal candidate is someone who thrives in a fast-paced news environment and is enthusiastic about writing a mix of articles, including short posts, photo-based stories, and reported features.

The reporter should be comfortable covering all things tech related, whether its an Apple product launch, a management shake-up at Facebook, or breaking down Amazon’s earnings statement.

You will write stories like:

We’re looking for someone with:
  • Strong writing skills.
  • Excellent news judgement and a strong ability to quickly frame stories in a clear, conversational way that makes people want to read more.
  • Comfortable writing several posts a day.
  • The ability to work at a fast pace as part of a team.
  • Experience covering business and consumer focused beats.
  • A team player who is excited about the opportunity to build out our West Coast news coverage.

This is a full-time position based in our San Francisco office. Insider Inc. offers competitive compensation and full benefits packages.

Created for the digital generation, Business Insider is the largest business news site in the U.S. and one of the fastest-growing news brands in the world. We embrace the themes of positive change and innovation and use fast, fun, and informative storytelling to cover the business, tech, and finance news stories you need to know to work, play and live better.

If this sounds like your dream job, APPLY HERE with a resume and cover letter telling us why you want to be our new tech reporter.

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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