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Dow Jones Media seeks special projects reporter

Dow Jones Media is seeking a full-time reporter/editor for Special Projects and new products.

The ideal candidate should be a features junkie who always spots the angles everyone else is missing. We’re looking for someone curious, passionate and able to report, write and edit stories that people want to read and share. Experience with video is a plus.

Social media savvy a must.

Responsibilities

  • Find compelling, unexpected and smart money angles in personal essays and everyday features.
  • Know when something is a long-form piece, a graphic or something else entirely, and is comfortable producing across all mediums.
  • Move the needle on breaking pop culture stories in a way that appeals to our sophisticated readers.
  • Obsession with writing stories or creating video or graphics that people will talk about.
  • Write headlines like a boss.
  • Be a leader in an ambitious newsroom by pitching the right stories while deftly handling assignments.

Requirements

  • Love a fast-paced, creative newsroom.
  • At least 3 years reporting, editing or producing at a news organization
  • Ability to work quickly and accurately
  • Self-starter who works efficiently solo, happily in teams.
  • Strong love for features, pop culture and personal finance
  • Lover of social media. Yes, even Snapchat.
  • Low drama, high impact attitude.
  • Comfortable both taking and giving direction.

Applications should include a cover letter, resume, and up to five published clips.

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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