MarketWatch.com seeks a markets reporter in London

MarketWatch.com seeks a reporter to help up with our markets coverage, with a focus on covering the hedge-fund industry and other major buyside investors. The ideal candidate would be clued into how major investors see financial markets, how they are trying to profit and be able to chronicle both their successes and failures. This candidate would also be able to assist in MarketWatch’s coverage of breaking news on markets, companies and the economy.

Essential job functions:

Monitor and write stories about what major investors are doing
Develop and cultivate sources within the asset management business
Ability to write clean, clear prose both for industry insiders as well as average folks
Analyze and write stories about how major markets and companies are performing
Eagerness to jump on breaking news
At least 2-5 years in business journalism

Other skills:

A passion for covering markets at a crucial time in the global economy and increasing market volatility and a desire to journal those moves using compelling charts and graphics
Be a generous colleague and team player
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced newsroom

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.