Fox is looking for a skilled reporter with a passion for business and personal finance news for FOXBusiness.com.
Our ideal reporter is a strong writer who is able to work fast, accurately and collaboratively in a competitive news environment.
A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Monitor breaking news and tracking all major financial markets, compelling corporate news, business and economic trends
- Write short SEO-driven stories, explainers & headlines
- Pitch stories on a daily basis
- Monitor Fox Business Network programming for compelling newsmakers/segments
- File, produce and copy edit business stories
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
- Experience covering business news at a major website or national news network
- Must be self-starter with strong news judgment for digital audience
- Strong SEO and social media skills
- Experience with digital analytics to monitor, build traffic
- Strong communication and writing skills especially for crisp, short stories and headlines
- Ability to multi-task and prioritize is a necessity
- Capability to pivot between breaking news stories and in-depth projects with longer deadlines
- Ability to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced 24-hour news environment, some holidays required
- Ability/flexibility to work mornings, evenings or weekends as required.
- Backup help managing homepage when needed
YOU ARE MASTERFULLY SKILLED AT
- Multitasking on tight deadlines in high pressure environment
- Prioritizing assignments and meeting deadlines
- Being creative and thinking ‘outside the box’
To apply, go here.
Chris RoushChris 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.