Full-Time

The Economist is seeking an Asia correspondent

The Economist is hiring an Asia correspondent. The job will be Asia-based and involve a lot of travel.

The successful candidate will be able to provide exceptionally ambitious, imaginative and original coverage of the region. A knowledge of geopolitics and economics is helpful. Applicants should send a cv, a cover letter and an unpublished article of 600 words suitable for publication in The Economist to asiawriter@economist.com. The deadline is November 20th.

The article is the most important part of the application. Anyone is welcome to apply, regardless of citizenship, ethnic origin, sex, religious beliefs, disability, sexual orientation or age. Previous experience as a journalist is desirable but not essential. What we most want is original thinking, analytical skills and good writing.

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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