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Business Insider seeks e-commerce reporter

Business Insider is looking for a reporter to cover Amazon, e-commerce, and payments companies and technology.

As part of Business Insider’s tech team you will:

  • Rapidly evaluate and succinctly explain the importance of fast-breaking news about companies on your beat, including product news, earnings, and leaks.
  • Develop strong sources within Amazon and other companies on your beat to break news and drive major stories forward.
  • Pitch and develop engaging stories that take the reader inside Amazon and other companies on your beat.
  • Work with other reporters on the team to cover fast-breaking news and write occasional features in other areas — beats are neither strict nor exclusive.

We will consider candidates at various experience levels. The best candidates will show the following:

  • Demonstrated understanding of the e-commerce and payments landscape, particularly Amazon and its competitors. Previous coverage in this area desired, not required.
  • Great clips as a tech or business reporter, including a mix of breaking news and analysis.
  • Exceptional reporting and writing skills.
  • An appreciation for Business Insider and what we do well.
  • A desire to work as part of a team in a fast-paced startup environment.

Apply HERE if interested. Please include your resume and a cover letter telling us what excites you about this job and coverage area.

The position is full-time in our New York City or San Francisco office. Business Insider offers competitive compensation packages complete with benefits.

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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