Crain’s New York seeks a tech reporter

Crain’s New York Business is looking for an ambitious, creative, experienced journalist who will join the team with knowledge of the major players who make up New York’s tech scene. The technology reporter will be able to identify up-and-comers in the sector and the big trends shaping its employers and tell those stories in a lively and engaging fashion.

Responsibilities

• Pitching and writing daily news stories

• Covering breaking news

• Fact-checking and research using various databases

• Writing in-depth features

• Identifying trends that could make for interesting industry events and panel discussions

• Keeping tabs on the calendar of events for major happenings within the tech sector

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience covering a news beat

• Knowledge of New York’s tech regulations and policies

• Experience meeting daily deadlines

• Experience writing interesting feature articles in a conversational way

• A voracious news diet and appetite for New York City politics, technology, real estate and small business

• Prior knowledge of web publishing and using a content management system

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.