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“Marketplace” seeks reporter in New York or Washington

Marketplace, the national business news program that prizes insight, creativity and excellent writing and sound, has an opening for a general assignment breaking-news reporter with strong digital skills.

Based in a Marketplace newsroom in New York or Washington, D.C., this general-assignment reporter will report daily stories and longer features on subjects from corporate news to consumer behavior, housing to the changing work force, macroeconomic trends to the financial markets. Digital skills and ideas are required.

A unique position within Marketplace, this reporter will spend 50 percent of his/her time working as a breaking-news reporter dedicated to the Marketplace Morning Report, which begins airing at 5:50 a.m. ET daily. The remainder of the reporter’s time will be spent producing features for all Marketplace shows on all platforms, on-air, audio and on Marketplace.org.

If you want millions of people to hear your smart take on stories that affect their lives, Marketplace is your home. The reporter will produce for all Marketplace shows and platforms, on-air, online and audio.

This posting has an application deadline of Nov. 20, 2015 (10 p.m. PST).

Position Responsibility:

Report on breaking news for Marketplace Morning Report and create features on business and money for Marketplace shows and Marketplace.org.
Produce for website with writing and photography (supplying additional audio, visual material, related Web resources and original blog posts.)
Cover a variety of assignments.
Deliver substantive reports quickly on varied subjects as shows need.
Ready to train to deliver live reports and host 2-ways.
Consistently deliver stories with Marketplace’s writing style and pace.
Develop ideas/proposals for reports and programs, both by the reporter and by other reporters, hosts and commentators.
Provide breaking-news spots and live two-ways to the Morning Report as part of a rotation.
Gather information and audio for reports and programs.
Report special projects/series.
Produce or assist in producing special programming, as assigned.
Operate production and studio equipment and facilities.
Assist other reporters, producers and editors with information.
Maintain a wide variety of sources.
Other duties as assigned.

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.