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TheStreet seeks markets and investing reporter/columnist

TheStreet.com seeks a highly experienced Markets and Investing Reporter/Columnist to generate real-time analytical articles for our subscription-based Web sites aimed at professional and semi-professional investors.

Founded by famed market expert Jim Cramer, TheStreet.com and its subscription sites provide millions of investors with cutting-edge investment news and advice every day.

Based at our Wall Street headquarters in New York, our Markets and Investing Reporter/Columnist won’t just cover the news of the day, but will provide insightful reporting and analysis not available anywhere else. You must be able to break news, chase down tips and provide investors with unique, actionable information and advice on the latest market developments. The ideal candidate will have:

• Three to seven years or more of experience as a reporter, columnist and/or editor at a major financial-media company, or a mix of three to seven years or more as a journalist for a financial-media company and as a researcher or analyst for a financial firm. Some university study in economics or business subjects would also be a plus.

• Excellent knowledge of markets, investing and personal finance.

• The ability to write clean, insightful market and investing copy in a fast-paced, real-time environment.

• A deep personal interest in stocks and markets.

• A willingness to appear on-camera in our videos.

• The ability to work early or late hours as dictated by the newsflow.

• Knowledge of search engine optimization best practices is a plus.

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.

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