The Wrap seeks a reporter to cover the business of media and technology

Leading Hollywood industry news website TheWrap is seeking an experienced business reporter to cover the business of media and technology – particularly how new technologies are revolutionizing the traditional entertainment/media space. Are you passionate about the biz side that shapes what we consume on our screens? Know your way around a balance sheet and company earnings report as well as the trends that are transforming the media industry? Are you dying to know who will replace Dean Baquet – or why Clubhouse may not be around in 12 months? Then this is the job for you.

The ideal candidate will be highly organized, energetic and capable of multitasking in a high-pressure breaking news environment.

Required skills:

At least 3-5 years of experience working in a digital-first newsroom covering business news
Superior news judgment and writing skills
Passion for media/tech news and the players involved
Love for deep storytelling and the reporting skills that go with it
Proficiency on a CMS such as WordPress
Social media savvy

Please send a résumé and cover letter, along with a handful of your best clips, to thom.geier@thewrap.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.