USA Today seeks a personal finance and markets reporter

FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2019, file photo, sections of a USA Today newspaper rest together in Norwood, Mass. GateHouse Media has closed on its takeover of Gannett, bringing about 260 daily papers together to become the country’s largest newspaper company by far. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

USA Today is looking for an experienced personal finance and markets reporter who can chronicle how Americans spend, save and lose money — using a variety of storytelling forms, including feature writing, explainers, listicles and off-platform format like Twitters Spaces.

The reporter will be responsible for staying abreast of the shifting attitudes and behaviors toward money, and for writing enterprise stories that stay ahead of the competition and reflect America’s diversity. Beat responsibilities also include writing explainers on seasonal personal finance topics like college aid, taxes and end-of-year financial planning. And when financial markets go through key inflection points, we need a reporter who can write a combination of daily stories and explainers on why the market is booming or crashing.

Some of the traits we’re looking for include:

Demonstrated record of personal finance enterprise writing.
Conversant in personal finance terms and concepts, including consumer debt and retirement savings plans.
Experience covering financial markets, including stock, bonds and cryptocurrencies.
Able to juggle breaking news, longer-term enterprise and media appearances.
Comfort with SEO and social media tools and techniques.
Experience or willingness to do media appearances.

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.