Full-Time

WSJ seeks a sustainability reporter

The Wall Street Journal is looking for a resourceful, energetic writer to cover corporate sustainability. This beat offers the opportunity to write smart analysis about a subject that is right at the top of global executives’ list of priorities.

Government incentives and decarbonization promises have pushed sustainability related issues to the forefront of business policy and strategy. Investors are scrutinizing companies’ environmental and social performance and plans. Regulators are mandating new non-financial disclosures.

Customers want to know that companies are doing good, not just doing well. You will chronicle the new opportunities and pitfalls awaiting businesses as a result.

As a reporter for WSJ Pro Sustainable Business, you will write about companies trying new things, adapting their businesses, coping with new demands and scrutiny while also puzzling over the risks and opportunities of environmental and social sustainability.

This position is based in New York and will report to the bureau chief of WSJ Pro Sustainable Business.

You will:

  • Analyze and explain how companies are approaching their climate, nature and social goals as well as their business transition.
  • Explore and dig into the maze of mandatory and voluntary standards for sustainability-related disclosures, and how companies are negotiating it.
  • Report and write to a professional audience about how companies are managing their sustainability strategies, including hiring decisions, strategy updates and tough choices about how to balance financial and non-financial objectives.
  • Convey insight that business leaders can use to make better decisions.
  • Produce a range of stories including breaking news, exclusives, features and original analyses that are compelling to the informed professional reader.
  • Travel to companies and events in key markets to develop your original reporting.

You have:

  • A roster of industry contacts and eagerness to continue cultivating sources among senior leaders and executives at companies, investors and policy-makers across global business centers.
  • At least five years of experience writing about energy, climate and sustainability issues.
  • The ability to explain complex technologies and concepts in a clear and lucid manner, connecting them to the broader business in a way that is compelling and useful for the professional reader.
  • A proven ability to write clearly and analytically for a professional audience.
  • A professional, collaborative and team-oriented approach to your work.
  • A passion for being part of The Wall Street Journal’s fast-paced, global news organization, and meeting the highest standards of business journalism.

To apply, please submit a resume, a cover letter explaining how you would approach the role and samples of your work.

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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