Full-Time

Barron’s seeks a tech news writer

Barron’s is looking for a thoughtful and curious reporter to cover the shifting technology landscape, as well as the company and stocks behind these changes.

This reporter should be:

  • Accustomed to and energized by the fast pace of digital markets coverage
  • Knowledgeable and passionate about about financial markets and stocks, with an extensive network of relevant sources and a practical understanding of the issues investors consider when making investment decisions
  • Able to cover news events through an analytical framework
  • Reliable at turning in excellent stories under tight deadline pressure
  • Familiar with data analysis and at collaborating with designers on data visualizations
  • excited about experimenting with different forms of storytelling, on a variety of digital platforms and in print
  • Relentlessly committed to factual accuracy
  • Comfortable engaging with audiences on video, podcasts, and at live events
  • This reporter should have 4+ years of experience writing both in-depth feature stories and short digital articles

This journalist will contribute to Barron’s reporting across a variety of platforms, including print and digital, with both short analyses and longer-form enterprise work. We’re looking for a journalist with at least 4+ years of experience writing for a major newsroom on business topics. Barron’s strongly values teamwork, so the ability to collaborate with reporters, editors, and our visual journalists is a must.

Interested parties should send a resume, cover letter and no more than 3 clips in PDF form to David.Cho@barrons.com bob.rose@barrons.com , and alex.eule@barrons.com and apply through the link on this job posting.

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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