Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal is looking for a competitive, resourceful reporter to cover Minnesota’s vibrant startup ecosystem, which includes tech, health and med tech, and various other types of startups as well as the investors and organizations that foster them. This reporter will also cover the Twin Cities’ largest tech and medical companies, plus the biggest, most dynamic manufacturing companies. Coverage will appear in either Business Journal outlets, main website as well as its sister startups-ecosystem outlet, Minne Inno, or both, depending on the subject matter.
The coverage of these areas calls for top-level reporting. It requires building — and working — strong source networks to uncover stories before anyone else and tell our readers why these stories are important.
We need someone who is driven to do the hard work of digging up scoops and is intrigued by the challenge of putting together the pieces of news to present a larger picture of the forces shaping our community. A good Business Journal reporter is editor of their own beat coverage and is easily able to assess what merits a story, an in-depth investigation or just a brief.
Candidates must be able to blend traditional journalism skills — source building, sharp news judgment, interviewing prowess and scoops-driven reporting – with digital and social media know-how. Reporters don’t just turn in copy; they must think more broadly about multimedia options, such as videos and slideshows.
Business Journal/Minne Inno reporters are expected to provide forward-looking business intelligence to savvy readers to not just to inform them, but connect them with decision-makers and educate them on the strategies that work — or don’t. A focus on the people behind the deals is essential.
Skills & Experience
- Proven excellence in reporting and writing
- Desire and ability to break news and to identify newsworthy events and sources
- Strong analytical and investigative-interviewing skills
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
- Ability to relate comfortably to a wide range of people, in person, on the phone and virtually
- A clear drive to develop sources and build audience
- Solid understanding of news writing, journalistic ethics and story structure
- Ability to leverage relationships with sources to deliver content that differentiates the organization from competitors
- Multimedia skills, including video, photos, broadcast, on-camera, helpful.
- 2-3 years of journalism experience
- Track record of building, maintaining and engaging a high-level audience in person, in print and online
- Social media mavens held in high regard
- A knowledge of the real estate sector is a plus
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
- Must have solid experience using MS Office Products (Excel, Word, etc.) & web-based communications platforms (Teams, Webex, Zoom, etc.)
To apply, go here.
Chris RoushChris 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.