Rolling Stone seeks a music business reporter

Rolling Stone is hiring a reporter to cover the music business.

We are seeking a strong writer who is well-connected with good sources within the music industry. The reporter will be responsible for breaking news and writing in-depth business analysis stories. The ideal candidate should have three or more years of business reporting and writing experience.

The successful applicant should have proven experience in reporting and finding scoops for a newspaper, trade magazine, or real-time news service, and should possess the ability to write feature stories as well as develop insightful sidebars and other forms of content presentation.

Requirements:

Solid music industry reporting experience (3+ years)
Be able to analyze, interpret, and break hard news

Research, report, write, and edit content across platforms to include online and print media as well as sponsored content
Work with the Strategic Content Development (SCD) team to identity various industry trends for the purpose of creating business insights via special sections and reports, and integrated editorial
Develop sources in the music industry, and report daily on their activities in the market

Conduct interviews with industry executives and experts

Attend business conferences, special events, forums, summits, news conferences and other events to report on activities and develop industry sources

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.