Categories: Journo Jobs

Houston Business Journal seeks residential real estate reporter

The Houston Business Journal, a thriving and growing news organization, is looking for a full-time residential real estate and education reporter.

As our residential real estate and education reporter, you’ll cover one of the most dynamic and fastest-growing sectors in Houston. You’ll report on housing trends; what’s happening with master-planned communities, condos, apartments and high-rise luxury living; and the money behind all of it.

From the education standpoint, you’ll follow how school ratings affect housing, trends in higher ed and the growing continuing education sector. We want a reporter who can break news before it happens and tell readers what it means. We’re looking for strong traditional journalism skills – source building, sharp interviewing techniques, strong analytical and investigative reporting skills, clear writing, document use – with online and social media know-how. Whatever the platform, we strive to produce content – original and curated – that is accompanied by perspective and context.

Duties:

  • Contribute in-depth, timely and relevant news stories daily to be used across platforms
  • Own the beat audience.
  • Own the beat conversation.
  • Build source network relentlessly.
  • Attend both Business Journal and industry-related events.
  • Reporters will be expected to facilitate/moderate at Business Journal events and must be comfortable in taking a leading role in the community.
  • Meet or exceed goals relating to audience-engagement such as page views, unique users, repeat visits, direct traffic, social media followings and growth, paid print subscribership, email newsletter circulation growth, event attendance, and other such measures.
  • Take on any other assignment made by manager(s).

Skills:

  • Minimum of 3 years of journalism experience with a proven ability in reporting and writing; experience and knowledge of local business community preferred
  • Ability to leverage relationships with sources to deliver content that differentiates the organization from competitors
  • Ability to break news and identify newsworthy events and sources
  • Strong writing, analytical and investigative interviewing skills
  • Ability to relate comfortably to a wide range of people, in person and online and to develop sources and an audience
  • Ability to work independently under deadline pressure and prioritize tasks appropriately
  • Experience with using social media to source and promote content a plus

Education:

Bachelors degree or equivalent experience.

Email resume, cover letter and clips or links to:

Emily Wilkinson,

Managing Editor

Houston Business Journal

ewilkinson@bizjournals.com

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.

Recent Posts

Is this the end of CoinDesk as we know it?

Former CoinDesk editorial staffer Michael McSweeney writes about the recent happenings at the cryptocurrency news site, where…

10 hours ago

LinkedIn finance editor Singh departs

Manas Pratap Singh, finance editor for LinkedIn News Europe, has left for a new opportunity…

2 days ago

Washington Post announces start of third newsroom

Washington Post executive editor Matt Murray sent out the following on Friday: Dear All, Over the last…

3 days ago

FT hires Moens to cover competition and tech in Brussels

The Financial Times has hired Barbara Moens to cover competition and tech in Brussels. She will start…

3 days ago

Deputy tech editor Haselton departs CNBC for The Verge

CNBC.com deputy technology editor Todd Haselton is leaving the news organization for a job at The Verge.…

3 days ago

“Power Lunch” co-anchor Tyler Mathisen is leaving CNBC

Note from CNBC Business News senior vice president Dan Colarusso: After more than 27 years…

3 days ago