Puget Sound Biz Journal seeks retail/health care reporter

The Puget Sound Business Journal is looking for a skilled reporter to cover health care and retail in one of the country’s most vibrant business communities.

This reporter may break news about development of a new hospital one day and a national hiring spree at Nordstrom the next.

A Business Journal reporter is expected to provide forward-looking business intelligence to savvy readers who will use it to grow or protect their companies, executives and employees. Our content gives them a leg up on their competitors, connects them with decision-makers and delineates growth strategies that work from those that don’t.

Strong beat coverage at a Business Journal includes scoops about the companies that make up an industry; sophisticated analysis of the issues that affect the industry; and savvy, important coverage of the executives, ideas and characters who make up the industry.

The ideal candidate will blend traditional journalism skills — source building, sharp news judgment, interviewing prowess and scoop-driven reporting — with online and social media know-how. Reporters in our newsroom don’t just turn in copy. They include videos, slideshows and other multimedia components that advance the story and further engage our audience. They break hard news that sometimes sources don’t want brought to light, but they don’t burn bridges.

Duties

• Report and write short-form and long-form stories for the website and weekly print edition.

• Own the beat, dictating day-to-day coverage and thriving on digging out source-driven exclusives.

• Relentlessly develop sources and manage relationships with high-level executives and other community leaders.

• Scoop competitors on every story of any significance, not only telling them what happened, but why and how.

Skills

• 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 online.

• 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.

Experience

• 2-3 years of journalism experience.

• Proven experience building, maintaining and engaging an active audience.

• Proven experience building and maintaining a strong source base.

• Knowledge of business principles essential.

• Seattle community experience a plus.

To apply, email a cover letter, resume and links to clips that best show enterprising and scoops reporting to Editor Ryan Lambert, rlambert@bizjournals.com.