Morning Consult is hiring a reporter for Morning Consult Entertainment, a email brief delivered to the industry’s top leaders in the entertainment industry. We are searching for a candidate who can expertly curate industry news, data, events, and commentary to provide these influential decision makers with the information they need to start their day.
Success in this role requires superb news judgment, an understanding of trends at the nexus of entertainment, marketing and business, and an unrelenting attention to detail. Most of all, ideal candidates will be able to put themselves in the shoes of their audience to strategically identify and synthesize the news topics critical to entertainment and marketing executives.
Key Responsibilities:
● Curate daily email briefs focused on issues in the entertainment industry, with a particular focus on the intersection of entertainment, marketing and business
● Write enterprise stories about the entertainment industry and create charts and graphics using Morning Consult’s proprietary survey research to be included in the email briefs and across Morning Consult’s digital channels
● Stay up to date on industry trends and their effect on the industry and business strategy
Desired Skills:
● 1-3 years relevant experience
● Excellent writing and editing abilities
● Understanding of and interest in the financial industry and related government policy
● Excellent computer skills and comfort learning advanced technical tools
● Ability to work early in the morning and under tight deadlines
● Experience working with survey research/polling data is a plus
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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.