The Chicago Sun-Times is hiring an experienced reporter to cover Chicago’s dynamic business, real estate and tech communities, as well as cover unions and other organized labor groups. This is a senior-level position requiring knowledge of everything business-related, from bankruptcy court proceedings to the stock market to SEC and Department of Labor filings.
Responsibilities
- Provide daily coverage of the top business developments in the Chicago region, writing these stories for everyday, hard-working people
- Produce enterprise and feature stories about the region’s business, real estate, organized labor and tech communities
- Coordinate and collaborate with the City Hall reporter on coverage of huge developments, e.g. “Lincoln Yards” and “The 78”
- Coordinate and collaborate with the City Desk on coverage of strikes and other labor unrest in Chicago
- Collaborate with other reporters on coverage of utility and infrastructure challenges facing Chicago and the region — and on business development challenges in lower-income neighborhoods in Chicago and the suburbs
Skills required
- Solid editorial judgment and ethics
- Strong writing skills
- A deep list of business and organized labor sources
- Comfortability with discussing stories on camera and on podcasts/radio
- Thrive in breaking news situations
- Knowledge of CBOT and CBOE structure; city of Chicago rules and regulations regarding real estate planning and zoning approvals, and state and federal Department of Labor and SEC databases/documents
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in journalism or related field
- A minimum of 10 years of experience as a reporter and/or editor on a business- or real estate-related beat
TO APPLY:
Send a cover letter, links to at least five examples of work and resume with “Business/Labor Reporter” in the subject line to: jobpostings@suntimes.com
Chris RoushChris 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.