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CNNMoney.com seeks markets reporter

The Staff Reporter for Markets and Investing at CNNMoney.com will be responsible for reporting, writing and developing stories about financial markets and investing, one of CNNMoney’s five main beats.

The Staff Reporter will be expected to excel at story development and writing and help the team’s efforts with audience building, innovation and social media.

Areas include:

• Story development: Cultivate a wide range of sources and a deep understanding of the trends, issues and events influencing financial markets and investing.

• Breaking news: Stay on top of and respond quickly to breaking news, ensuring that all major developments are covered.

• Make news: Develop ideas that will set CNNMoney apart from the competition.

• Writing: Deliver sharp, smart, engaging copy on pieces ranging from short breaking news items to larger packages.

• Innovate: Continually seek out interesting story and package ideas and execute on them. Assist with developing new tools, products and ways of presenting information, such as infographics and interactives.

• Help brainstorm new big acts and ways to extend annual features with quarterly or monthly breakouts.

• Help build and package stories and galleries to maximize their impact.

• Help get specials content in front of more people and attract new readers, by making smart choices of what to cover, and through Search Engine Optimization (SEO), social media, mobile, and other means.

Qualifications: 2-3 years reporting and writing experience, with knowledge of financial markets and investing. Bachelor’s degree. Analytical skills. Sharp writing. Solid news judgment. Highest journalistic standards.

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.

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