Fox Business Network is looking for an experienced reporter with strong editorial judgment to drive page views to our website and be a part of a groundbreaking online news-team for FoxBusiness.com.
As a reporter, you report and aggregate stories from a wide range of sources and cover breaking news. You play a critical role in helping FoxBusiness.com continue to be a must-click destination for a rapidly growing audience. You are a skilled and fast writer with strong AP Style skills and demonstrate no difficulty working in a fast pace, deadline driven, news environment.
You will be offered one of the following shifts: MONDAYS THRU FRIDAYS (6:30 AM-2:30 PM), MONDAYS THRU FRIDAYS (2:30 PM-10:30 PM), MONDAYS THRU FRIDAYS (10:30 PM-6:30 AM)
A SNAPSHOT OF YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Monitor breaking news and track all major financial markets, compelling corporate news, business and economic trends
- Pitch/file several stories daily while writing quickly and precisely
- Conceptualize and execute quick rewrites, and conduct interviews in person, by phone or via email
- Monitor Fox Business network programming for compelling newsmakers/segments
- Scour national and international media for stories that resonate with FoxBusiness.com’s audience
- Aggregate stories with complete and proper attribution
- Present all stories (original, breaking and aggregated) in an accessible, consistent and compelling style
- Maintain and closely monitor web traffic
- Multitask on tight deadlines in high pressure environment
- Prioritize assignments and meeting deadlines
WHAT YOU WILL NEED
- A Bachelor’s degree and at least five years of experience covering the news
- A self-starter attitude with strong news judgment for digital audience
- Strong SEO & media skills
- A firm grasp of current events and a desire to be precise, quick and accurate in presenting the news to the vast FoxBusiness.com audience
- Knowledge of AP style
- Willingness to work closely with editors and fellow reporters, including frequent coloration on stories
- Ability to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced 24-hour news environment, some holidays required
- Proven capability to be creative and think ‘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.