We are seeking a reporter and writer who will keep C&EN readers informed about news and trends in chemistry-related areas of business such as pharmaceutical manufacturing, information technology, and specialty chemicals.
What you’ll do:
- Write breaking news stories for C&EN’s website and longer-form features for its weekly print magazine, with opportunities to work on podcast and video.
- Identify potential features about chemistry-relevant business topics, including stories about technology breakthroughs, consumer market trends, regulation-driven changes, intellectual property developments, and start-up company formation and funding.
- Conduct interviews and gather information that leads to accurate and balanced stories for all platforms, including website, newsletters, mobile app, podcasts, video, and print magazine.
- Construct sophisticated and complex multiplatform story packages that conform to C&EN style and meet deadlines. Work with C&EN’s art team to create graphics, infographics, and other digital story forms that engage and inform audiences.
- Work with colleagues to find the widest possible audience for your journalism. Share your work and interact with our audience on social media.
- Develop contacts and story ideas through attendance at industry events, email and phone interaction, and social media audience building.
What you’ll bring:
- 3-5 years of experience working as a business or science journalist.
- Strong news judgment, good writing and editing skills, and good oral communication skills.
- Proven skill in news and feature reporting and writing for multiple platforms.
- The ability to gather and analyze information from a variety of sources.
- Track record of writing engaging stories on complex topics for a scientifically sophisticated audience.
- Proven skill with social media, including developing a social media profile of your own to engage audiences and report stories.
How to apply:
Along with a résumé, applicants must submit three samples of their published work. Tell us in a cover letter what you can bring to this position. Send all materials to m_mccoy@acs.org after submitting your résumé below.
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