American Banker seeks a business reporter

We are seeking an experienced business reporter to join the editorial team at American Banker. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of the payments industry and retail banking. Essential skills include the ability to break news as well as write longer analytical and feature stories on the most important trends in the worlds of payments and banking.

Core responsibilities:

Develop ongoing beat coverage in the payments industry
Cultivate sources and generate enterprise story ideas
Report and break news on a tight deadline
Research and write at least one news article a day
Research and write two enterprise features per month
Work closely with editors and other colleagues in multiple coverage areas

Additional responsibilities:

Reporters for American Banker are expected to contribute to and participate in all channels and platforms through which we engage our readers. Those activities include:

Create social media posts on a daily basis
Participate in digital media, including podcasts, web seminars, and video interviews
Participate in live and virtual events hosted by American Banker and other Arizent brands
Represent American Banker in other media, at industry events, and in other public contexts
Demonstrate knowledge of the Associated Press stylebook, basic journalistic guidelines and reporting parameters, fact-checking, copy editing and an ability to quickly adopt American Banker’s in-house style.

Qualifications:

3-8 years of experience in reporting, preferably in a breaking news environment
Ability to write with clarity, insight, and depth
A track record of working well under tight deadlines
A sharp eye for what makes compelling news
Proficiency in all the tools of a digital newsroom (CMS, audio and video recording and editing, digital photography and editing, data analysis)
Experience and confidence participating in digital media and other public forums
A degree in journalism or communications field is a plus

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.