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The Information seeks a Google reporter

No company embodies the captivating array of themes surrounding Silicon Valley better than Google. Its dominance of the internet search and advertising markets has made it a top target for regulators, and controversies around its handling of harassment complaints have made it a center for employee activism sweeping through tech. YouTube has turned it into a media powerhouse and a lightning rod in discussions about hate speech and censorship. Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is striving to become an innovation factory in medicine, urban planning and energy production.

The Information is looking for a reporter to cover Google and its sibling companies inside Alphabet. We need someone with the reporting skills to pierce the veil of secrecy around the company and to write the Google stories that aren’t being told. The ideal candidate will already have experience covering the company, including an existing base of sources, though a track record of original reporting on other parts of tech is a desirable alternative. Curiosity, creativity and perseverance are prerequisites for all candidates.

Our Google reporter needs the capacity to regularly break news and write deep dives, showing our readers how the company operates through vivid reporting that goes beyond the plain-vanilla stories that dominate the news media today. This position could be based either in New York or San Francisco

At the Information, we don’t rewrite press releases. We only write stories with exclusive information. That liberates reporters from the need to sit in the office, churning out commodity news. It means reporters can get out and meet sources, pursuing what they think is important.

Compensation is competitive and includes aggressive bonuses. We offer a range of benefits, including health insurance, three weeks paid vacation (starting), generous family leave, a 401(K), a technology budget and a gym stipend.

If you are interested, send a resume, cover letter and clips to jobs@theinformation.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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