dotLA seeks a science and tech reporter

dot.LA is the premier source of news and information for the Los Angeles technology and startup community. Launched in January 2020, dot.LA has quickly built a sizable audience and become a go-to source for the city’s rapidly growing community of builders, funders and innovators. At present, dot.LA’s newsroom includes seven journalists as well as events, video and podcast professionals.

Position

We’re hiring a reporter to focus on the region’s burgeoning biotech, robotics, aerospace and related industries.

The ideal candidate will artfully turn technical subject matter into compelling stories, dig out cutting-edge developments and probe the ethical and business implications of these technologies. This successful candidate will cultivate sources that can help tell the essential stories on everything from brain interface and AI- supported medicine to the next mission to Mars. He or she is a science reporter at heart with a business journalist’s sensibility.

We are not interested in writing up press releases or following the crowd. We’re looking for a self-starter that can set agendas, spot the next trend, call out suspect practices and advance the discussion.

Responsibilities:

The reporter’s primary responsibilities include but are not limited to:

Covering the exponential growth of L.A.’s biotech, robotics and aerospace industries with an understanding of the crucial issues, competitors and impact they’ll have on the city and beyond.
Identifying and executing on news coverage: breaking, features, and special projects
Ability to quickly produce story and social assets including canva cards, charts, tables and other graphics

Preferred Qualifications:

The successful candidate will likely, but not necessarily, have the following qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree
3+ years of reporting experience, preferably covering technology, aerospace and/or biotech
3+ years of experience writing for a digital audience and using social media
Excellent interpersonal skills

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.