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Business Insider seeks an autos reporter

Business Insider is seeking an automotive business reporter to join our growing Transportation team.

This person will cover the inner workings of this wide-ranging space, including the companies and people leading the auto industry into an increasingly electric and autonomous world. They will chart the rise (or fall) of promising startups, track the efforts of established players to continually modernize, and explain to our readers how the people building our cars are adapting to myriad challenges, chief among them a pandemic, regulators desperate to address a changing climate, and business models built for the 20th century.

The ideal candidate will be eager to speak to employees at all levels of a company, from the c-suite to the assembly line floor. They will be excited to write engaging stories with various perspectives that bring the changing nature of the auto industry to light for our readers.

The autos reporter will join our transportation section, a team of reporters who cover everything from airlines to rocket launches to ride-hailing. We value collaboration, open communication, and creative problem solving.

The candidate should have experience delivering scoops and exclusives, as well as trend stories, features, and analysis pieces. All stories will be targeted towards Business Insider’s subscription audience, which expects news they can’t find anywhere else.

Sample stories in this vein include:

Tesla is transforming how cars are sold. But 27 insiders say the company’s methods mean slashed pay and living in constant fear of getting laid off.

Uber ATG has been hobbled by a deadly crash, infighting, and balky tech — and investors are losing patience with the self-driving division

No burnouts, no alien dreadnoughts: How Rivian’s culture and simple manufacturing strategy could help it avoid Tesla’s growing pains

Meet 2021’s rising stars of self-driving vehicles from companies like Waymo, Aurora, and Cruise

We’re looking for a candidate who can adapt and try new approaches as we expand our readership. The candidate should be someone who is open to feedback and wants to get better every day and will also have many of the following:

  • Experience finding and pitching complex multi-source sources
  • The passion for going the extra mile to deliver stories for our readers that they can’t find anywhere else
  • Contacts across the auto industry and experience sourcing contacts at all levels of organizations
  • A proven track record of breaking news
  • A knack for finding the stories buried within analyst notes, SEC filings, or earnings calls
  • Ability to work collaboratively and bring out the best in your teammates

This position is remote, with the opportunity to be based out of our New York office. Business Insider offers competitive compensation packages complete with benefits.

If this sounds like your dream job, apply here with a single PDF containing your resume/CV and cover letter. Please also include links to five pieces of work in your cover letter. If you’re passionate about this role but don’t have 100% of the experience we’re looking for, apply, we still want to hear from you!

If you’d like some tips on what makes a great resume and cover letter check out our best practices guide here: https://www.businessinsider.com/why-this-is-an-excellent-resume-2013-11.

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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