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Digiday seeks reporter to cover publishing/media

Digiday is looking for a self-starting reporter to cover publishing and media and how digital is shaping legacy media companies and giving rise to new media entities.

This is one of our highest profile beats and a chance to report on some of the biggest trends in the media business. This person should have some basic understanding of and interest in media mechanics and trends, including the rise of ad blocking; how Facebook is changing distribution strategies; and how publishers are using video.

Responsibilities include the following:

Identifying and producing stories on the business of publishing along themes (i.e. the rise of mobile, platform distribution and monetization, ad blocking, video)
Be able to identify the ongoing and emerging trends in how digital media is changing
Write articles of varying length, from reported quick hits to daily stories to longform features and profiles
Make outside connections in the industry, attend Digiday’s events all over the country, and represent Digiday at industry conferences

Requirements

Have an interest in the business underpinnings that drive and inform media and publishing
1-3 years of reporting experience
Be able to identify what makes for a good media-business “Digiday” story
Be able to work quickly and independently and out of the New York City office five days a week

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.