Modern Retail, Digiday Media’s retail-focused digital publication, is looking for a reporter to chronicle the reinvention of the retail industry. The reporter will cover up and coming consumer-facing startups along with major retailers including Target, Walmart and other big-box stores. They will help shape Modern Retail’s coverage by identifying emerging industry trends and breaking news. This is an associate level position and requires past journalism experience.
Responsibilities include:
- Write daily reported stories about the transformation of retail that either break news or provide exclusive analysis
- Write recurring feature-length stories
- Build a growing rolodex of insider sources
- Participate and help lead Modern Retail editorial events
- Be a front-facing member of the Modern Retail team
- Help shape Modern Retail’s coverage
Requirements:
- Two to five years of business reporting and writing experience. This is a mid-level role.
- A willingness to pick up the phone and cultivate a network of sources in the industry
- An interest in retail, e-commerce and the trends that drive this industry
To apply:
In addition to a cover letter and resume, please submit three ideas for reported stories that could appear in Modern Retail, along with sources you would contact for them.
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.