Marketwatch.com seeks reporter to cover consumer crime

MarketWatch.com is seeking a personal finance reporter to cover consumer crime.

As the recent Target data breach shows, these days, a few lines of code can pick more pockets than a few thousand street thugs. A whole universe of information may be one Google search away, but consumers have never felt more confused about how to protect themselves from fraud, scams, and schemes.

This reporter will dig up scoops on everything from questionable practices and shady dealings to outright fraud, by scouring lawsuits, hounding regulators, and most important, by helping readers make smarter decisions about their money. The position requires at least three years of news experience, strong writing skills, an interest in personal finance journalism, and a keen understanding of how to engage audiences on social media. This position is based in New York.

Please attach a resume, cover letter and three to five published clips to your online application.

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.