Full-Time

USA Today seeks a personal finance reporter

USA Today’s Money & Consumer team is looking for a personal finance reporter who can chronicle how Americans spend, save, invest and lose money — using a variety of storytelling forms, including features, explainers and off-platform formats like Twitter Spaces.

The reporter will need to stay abreast of the shifting attitudes and behaviors toward money, and to get ahead of the competition when writing those stories. We are looking for a journalist willing to experiment with new storytelling forms and to tell stories that reflect America’s diversity.

Responsibilities also include writing about seasonal personal finance topics such as college aid or end-of-year financial planning. And when markets become turbulent or another major financial story breaks, we need a reporter who can work with colleagues to create daily content and quick-turn enterprise.

Job Level: National News Reporter III

Minimum salary for this position: $72,000

Responsibilities:

Create content that accurately informs and engages key USA TODAY audiences.
Provide thoughtful, in-depth reporting of complex issues.
Work with editors to evaluate what’s working and what’s not and develop ongoing plans to better satisfy audience needs.
Collaborate with other departments to provide all appropriate elements for stories (i.e., photos, videos, and graphics).
Promote personal brand, the brands of colleagues and the institutional brand.
Perform other duties as necessary.
Requirements:

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in journalism or any other subject or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Demonstrated record of personal finance enterprise writing and comfort with related terms and concepts.
Experience covering financial markets, including stocks, cryptocurrencies, NFTs.
Able to juggle breaking news, longer-term enterprise and media appearances.
Conversant in SEO and social media tools and techniques.
Experience or willingness to do media appearances.
Willingness to experiment with story forms and platforms.
Strong competitive instincts and intellectual curiosity.
Ability to think and act tactically and strategically.
Proficiency in AP style and grammar.
Excellent collaboration and communication skills.
Comfortable using social media to report and promote stories.
Understands media law, reporting ethics and sourcing.
This role requires a valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, and the minimum liability insurance required by state law.
Employment is contingent on passing a post-offer pre-employment background check.

We are eager to learn more about you and how you fit this role. When you apply, don’t limit your upload to a resume; show us what you’ve done. To do so, put together a single document file that includes the following, in this order:

Your resume – one to two pages.
A cover letter that outlines how you would approach the job.
Links to 3-6 online samples of your work. Show us what you’ve produced or had a hand in that best reflects what you can do in your desired role.

It is important that these items be assembled into a single document and uploaded in PDF format. Completing these steps will ensure that your application receives the highest consideration.

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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