CNBC Digital is looking for a healthcare reporter for our website to lead our pandemic coverage as well as other healthcare related stories, everything from the tobacco industry to promising new drugs. The ideal candidate will be able on top of the latest, most important drug studies, will have sources beyond the PR teams inside the CDC, FDA and NIH as well as the major drug makers and will be able to juggle both breaking real-time news as well as long-form features and executive profiles.
The position is remote through at least the end of 2021 but can be based in Washington, D.C. or CNBC’s headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, N.J. thereafter.
What you’ll do:
- Generate story ideas, break news and cultivate sources at high levels in the executive suites of the companies, federal and state governments, legal and investment communities.
- Cover breaking news with accuracy and authority in real time.
- Occasionally cover company earnings, corporate finance and other investment news that matters to our core readers.
What we’ll offer:
At CNBC Headquarters in Englewood Cliffs, NJ, you’ll have access to great perks and amenities:
- Sweat it out — Free onsite fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment, basketball court and running course, plus daily group classes
- Eat up — Gourmet cafeteria with daily specials plus soup and salad bars
- Unwind — Massage therapy, ping pong tables, foosball
- Extras — Dry cleaning, shoe shining and sneak peeks
Don’t have a car? No problem! We offer free shuttle transportation to and from multiple locations in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Hoboken and Jersey City.
To apply, go here.
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.