CNBC.com seeks a social media and communications reporter

CNBC Digital is looking for a social media and communications reporter in San Francisco.

What you’ll do:

Shape a beat to expand and improve our coverage of the technology industry in Silicon Valley.
Break news and deliver insightful original reporting on Facebook (Meta), TikTok, Twitter, Snap, and emerging social media and communications platforms such as Telegram and Signal.
Explain and report what’s going on inside and around the companies building and running these platforms.
Dig into and explain the business models these companies rely on, particularly online advertising.
Understand how these companies influence and react to the political landscape in the U.S. and abroad and incorporate this understanding into your reporting.
Track the development of the emerging “metaverse” at Meta and competitors.
Collaborate with CNBC’s digital video team.
Take opportunities to appear on CNBC TV to discuss scoops and offer expertise.

What we’ll offer:
You’ll work out of CNBC’s scenic San Francisco bureau at One Market St, an easy commute from the city, Peninsula or East Bay. Flexible remote-work options are available.

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.