Full-Time

WSJ seeks reporter to cover Facebook parent

The Wall Street Journal is seeking an enterprising and accomplished reporter to cover Meta Platforms and the business of social media.

This is a marquee beat in a pillar coverage area for the Journal. The reporter will zero in on the operations, finances, leadership and impact of the company and its services such as Instagram and Facebook, and examine how Meta and companies including Snap and TikTok work to navigate a period of transformation driven by AI, regulation and changing user behavior.

You will work closely with a team of Journal reporters who have delivered unsurpassed coverage of social media companies and their impact on society. That means the ability to collaborate is essential, as is the ability to find and report stories that set the agenda on this topic.

You will:

  • Cultivate an unsurpassed group of sources in and around Meta and the industry.
  • Break news, delivering scoops of fact and insight that distinguish our coverage.
  • Conceive and execute deeply reported enterprise stories for readers and as well as other platforms such as podcasts.
  • Work effectively as part of a team covering the broader issues facing social media and the broader tech industry.

You have:

  • Ace-level sourcing skills and a track record of dominating a beat and producing scoops and other enterprise ahead of the competition.
  • Demonstrated ability to tackle ambitious projects and find original approaches to coverage.
  • Proven strength collaborating with colleagues as well as the initiative to produce results independently.
  • An ability to organize your reporting and write quickly, clearly and accurately.
  • Proven success on a business beat, ideally covering tech.

Qualified candidates should submit a resume and work samples.

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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