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Dow Jones seeks luxury real restate reporter

Mansion Global, the prestige property website recently launched by Dow Jones and News Corp., seeks a reporter to cover global luxury real estate. Mansion Global features listings for exceptional estates around the world along with timely market news and analysis. We have a sophisticated audience in the market for very expensive homes.

The reporter will engage a high-end home-buying audience by writing articles and creating multimedia features. There will be a focus on sourcing new and original data about high-end homes to provide insight on everything from the hottest neighborhoods to the effect of currency fluctuations. This person must be able to spot breaking news stories and develop long-term projects.

Responsibilities:

  • Write multiple original articles on a daily basis
  • Collaborate with a small editorial team to conceive ideas for new data projects, interactive charts and other multimedia features

Requirements:

  • 2-5 years experience in journalism
  • Sharp editorial judgment and solid writing skills; comfort with reporting on data
  • Ability to work under daily deadlines
  • Ability to program and optimize content (SEO)
  • Basic visuals editing/processing skills (web-based graphics tools, CMS, Photoshop)
  • International reporting experience a plus, as well as a second language

Applications should include a resume, cover letter 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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