The San Diego Business Journal is looking for a skilled full-time business reporter/research specialist.
The ideal candidate will have the ability to develop sources and manage relationships with high level executives and leaders. The candidate should have strong analytical and interviewing skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively. The ideal candidate should also enjoy working with databases and compiling information for lists and special sections.
This position will require the individual chosen to report and write short form and long form stories for our daily digital newsletter, website, special sections, and glossy print edition and assist in compiling information for our weekly lists. Multimedia skills essential.
Candidates should have a bachelor’s degree in journalism and at least two full years of journalism experience. They should have a knowledge of business principles and a solid understanding of San Diego businesses. Knowledge of the region is required.
We have been in San Diego for 40 years, are privately held, and our parent company also owns the business journals in Los Angeles, Orange County and the San Fernando Valley
Our weekly glossy print publication is direct mailed to CEOs and C-suite executives (over 45,000 weekly readers), our website, sdbj.com (averages 50,000 monthly unique visitors) a daily email newsletter Monday-Friday (30,000 subscribers), annual Book of Lists publication, SD 500 and we hold 10 business community events annually.
This position comes with vacation, health, vision, and dental benefits.
Please send cover letter, resume, three business references, and three business story clips to: Editor-in-Chief, Jay Harn at jharn@sdbj.com.
