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CNBC.com seeks a sports business reporter

CNBC Digital is looking for a reporter to cover the business of sports, from the biggest free agents to the biggest broadcasting deals. The ideal candidate will be able to juggle both breaking real-time news as well as long-form features and profiles of the industry’s biggest rainmakers, including the athletes, team owners, corporate sponsors and media. It’s a demanding and expansive beat with news that spans across every major sports league, the Olympics, sports betting and high-profile athletes.

Responsibilities could include but are not limited to:

Generating story ideas, breaking news and cultivating sources at high levels in the players unions, the biggest sports agents, NFL, NHL, NFL, MLB and other sports leagues.
Covering breaking news with accuracy and authority in real time.
Writing long-form features, investigative projects, profiles as well as some video scripts.

Qualifications/Requirements

• A minimum of 3 years of experience as a beat reporter or editor, preferably with experience covering entertainment, sports business or sports.
• Proven track record breaking news and filing stories in a fast-paced, real-time news environment.
• Experience working and coordinating with multiple teams and across multiple platforms: social media, TV and digital video.
• The ability to perform in a high-volume, deadline-oriented environment.
• Strong writing, reporting, social media and technical skills.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule, including mornings, evenings, and/or weekends when necessary.
• Must be highly motivated, extremely organized, detail-oriented, and possess outstanding communication skills.
• Must be willing to work in Englewood Cliffs, NJ

Desired Characteristics

• BA or college-level equivalent.
• Experience at a major online news site, daily financial publication or the business desk of a midsize daily newspaper.
• Passionate about internet storytelling and creating the best user experience online, with proven experience in a creative environment.
• Ongoing knowledge of and interest in the business world and financial news.
• Knowledge of television production process helpful.
• Solid understanding of web standards, design and usability.

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.