Journo Jobs

NBC News seeks tech investigative reporter

The NBC News Business and Technology Unit is looking for an experienced technology investigative reporter to join its dynamic team of journalists covering technology on the cutting edge, as well as some of the world’s largest and most powerful companies. Our ideal candidate should be driven by a constant stream of ideas and a hunger to break stories, and possess strong writing and analytical skills. This candidate should thrive under intense deadline pressure and have a proven track record of developing innovative ways to report on and gather information and data, including a deep bench of already established sources. This person must be a team player who is comfortable collaborating and reporting across platforms, including all NBC News digital, audio, and television brands. Knowledge and respect for field reporting and television production is important.

The team that this position is a part of is primarily located in San Francisco, but we are open to other locations.

Job Duties:
• Respond quickly to breaking stories to build out and uncover new angles and information
• Use data to inform and evolve newsgathering and storytelling
• Perform investigative research, including making FOIA requests
• Willing to travel at very short notice
• Collaborate with NBC News digital and television units on news gathering efforts
• Work with journalists across NBC News to drive more content
• Discover, locate and interview newsmakers, eyewitnesses and other notable and interesting news subjects
• Participate in special projects, pitch fresh ideas, and assist editors, as needed

Qualifications/Requirements

Basic Qualifications:
• Must have at least eight years experience as a reporter, writer, producer and/or editor at a news organization, or a comparable body of freelance work
• Must have a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Must have a strong news background, with extensive staff newsroom experience
• Must be able to independently conceive of story ideas and turn them into well-structured pieces ready to be edited.
• Must have a strong comfort level working with standards and legal departments on ensuring articles meet the highest standards requirements.

Desired Characteristics

Desired Characteristics:
• Experience covering breaking news in competitive environments
• Native curiosity in just about everything, and desire to look far and wide for good stories
• Ability to shoot video and still photography for digital platforms
• Willingness to appear in video talking about story articles

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.

Recent Posts

Dynamo hires former Business Insider executive editor Harrington

Former Business Insider executive editor Rebecca Harrington has been hired by Dynamo to be its…

14 hours ago

Bloomberg TV hires Kerubo as desk producer

Bloomberg Television has hired Brenda Kerubo as a desk producer in London. She will be covering Europe's…

14 hours ago

Jittery CNBC staff reassured by new boss

In a meeting at CNBC headquarters Thursday afternoon, incoming boss Mark Lazarus presented a bullish…

14 hours ago

Making business news accessible to a wider audience

Ritika Gupta, the BBC's North American business correspondent, was interviewed by Global Woman magazine about…

15 hours ago

Rest of World hires Lo as China reporter

Rest of World has hired Kinling Lo as a China reporter. Lo was previously a…

15 hours ago

Bloomberg rises to No. 7 biz news website

Bloomberg News saw strong unique visitor growth to its website in October, passing Fox Business…

15 hours ago