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Lifehacker seeks a personal finance writer

Gizmodo Media Group is looking for a Personal Finance Writer at Lifehacker, its lifestyle site with 14 million monthly users.

About the Company:

Gizmodo Media Group is the publisher of the web’s most original and fearless media brands, including Gizmodo, Earther, Kotaku, Lifehacker, Jezebel, Deadspin, Splinter, Jalopnik and The Root. As part of Fusion Media Group, we reach an audience of +120 million visitors a month — more than one-third of all Americans.

About the Role:

The ideal applicant is super-curious, as interested in the best credit card rewards program as they are in unpacking the latest student loan legislation. They are an authority on all matters personal finance, whether it be the merits of virtual currency or deep cuts from the FlyerTalk Forums. They can explain in a way that’s entertaining and engaging stuff that might, in lesser hands, come off as boring. They have strong opinions; a witty, conversational writing voice; and an unstinting editorial eye.

This person should be completely comfortable with the editorial process—from pitch to publication to promotion. If you’re a virtuoso haggler who geeks out over credit scores and tax refunds, we’d like to talk to you.

As our Personal Finance Writer, you should:

Have at least 2 years of experience in writing about personal finance for a fast-paced digital publication
Be organized and detail-oriented, with a clear, authoritative writing voice
Respond nimbly to cultural and news events with related stories
Be capable of turning around stories ranging from short news pieces to longer features at a quick pace

Duties include:

Pitch and write a combination of quick-turn, news-pegged service stories and evergreen deeper investigations into the intricacies of personal finance for Lifehacker’s Two Cents vertical.
Write “The Statement,” Two Cents’ newsletter
Conceive of and write video scripts and podcast segments
Participate in larger editorial team brainstorms, initiatives and projects

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.