FoxBusiness.com is looking for an experienced Reporter to join our team. You are a seasoned journalist with years of experience from a major newsroom with vast experience in coverage. You have a wide range of sources that will enable you to break news and dig in on original and exclusive reporting.
A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Conceptualize and execute original reporting, including long-term projects when possible, conducting interviews (mostly by phone or email)
- Reporting on breaking news events that occur, writing quickly and precisely to help solidify Fox News as the go-to site for developing stories
- Source national and international media for stories that resonate with FoxNews.com’s audience, aggregating with complete and proper attribution
- Present all stories, original, breaking and aggregated, in an accessible, consistent, and compelling style
- Collaborate closely with editors and fellow reporters, including frequent coloration on stories
- Fill in as needed to program the home page
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
- Minimum of four years of experience covering the news and newsroom experience
- Knowledge of AP style is vital, as is a clear and crisp writing style
- Possess a firm grasp of current events and a desire to be precise, quick and accurate in presenting the news to the vast FoxNews.com & FoxBusiness.com audience
- Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment and work under pressure in a fast-paced newsroom environment
- Ability to be flexible and can work on some holidays as needed; possess “on-call” mentality and be prepared to work under emergency or breaking news conditions
NICE TO HAVE, BUT NOT A DEAL BREAKER
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
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.