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New York Biz Journal seeks a commercial real estate reporter

The New York Business Journal is adding a second commercial real estate reporter in the world’s largest and most dynamic CRE market.

The commercial real estate beat is the essence of top-level reporting. It requires building — and working — strong source networks, to uncover deals before anyone else and report both the dollar value and the broad impact of new projects, new employers and new players.

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. From expansions, relocations and other deals, to coverage of important real estate events, trends and executives, a good Business Journal reporter is editor of his or her 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 reporters are expected to provide forward-looking business intelligence to savvy readers 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.

Duties
• Develop and produce immediate, daily news stories as well as data-driven reporting, profile pieces, and longer-form, in-depth content — all of which offer business intelligence to our readers.
• Own your beat and dictate day-to-day coverage.
• Build a wide and deep stable of news sources
• Dig up and publish important scoops about new deals and players
• Report not only what’s happening, but why and how.
• Break hard news that sometimes sources don’t want brought to light, but never burn bridges.
• Attend industry-related events and help shape NYBJ-branded events.
• Meet or exceed goals related to audience engagement

Skills
• Ability to break news and to identify newsworthy events and sources
• Strong writing, analytical and investigative-interviewing skills
• Solid understanding of news writing, journalistic ethics and story structure
• Ability to relate comfortably to a wide range of people (in-person and online) and to develop sources and an audience
• Ability to work independently under deadline pressure and prioritize tasks appropriately
• Versatile
• Comfortable with constant change
• Competitive, collaborative, curious

Experience
• Minimum of two years of journalism experience with an established record in reporting and writing
• Proven experience building, maintaining and engaging an active audience
• Experience with using social media to source and promote content a plus
• Knowledge of business, and/or business community

Education
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

To apply, email a resume, cover letter and links to clips that best show enterprise and scoops reporting to Beth Hunt, director of editorial recruiting and development, American City Business Journals, bzhunt@bizjournals.com

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.

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