Reuters is looking for an experienced and talented reporter to cover entertainment and the business of entertainment. We are looking for candidates who have shown they can develop sources and break news on their beat while also delivering quick-hit enterprise work when big stories break. The position will be based in Los Angeles.
About the Role
As an Entertainment Reporter, you will:
- Cover topics ranging from major film openings and awards season to music, theater, celebrity news, and legal troubles
- Focus on the big news stories of the day and week while also developing areas of expertise and longer-term enterprise work on deeper issues in the industry
- Work closely with TV and Pictures colleagues, and with other reporting teams
About You
As an Entertainment Reporter, you will likely have:
- Strong knowledge of the business side of entertainment, with an ability to cover industry leaders, shifting technologies, and emerging business trends and challenges
- Proven skill at reporting and writing fast, accurate breaking news stories
- A track record of both covering spot news as well as producing ambitious, agenda-setting stories
- Ability to work collaboratively
- At least 3 years’ experience reporting at a major news organization
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.