Variety seeks a reporter to cover the television business

Variety is looking for a reporter to cover the television business. We’re seeking a strong writer with knowledge of the entertainment business who is willing to work hard to develop good sources within the industry, from executives to agents to producers. The ideal candidate will be passionate about breaking news and able to write clean copy quickly. This role will be based in Los Angeles.

Responsibilities:

Writing multiple breaking-news stories ever day under intense deadline pressure
Reporting enterprise stories
Writing industry- and consumer-facing features

Requirements:

At least 2+ years of professional editorial experience in a digital newsroom
Ability to analyze, interpret and break hard-news
Build pipeline to report exclusives
Self-starter

About Variety:

Recognized and respected throughout the world as the definitive voice of the entertainment industry, Variety has been the premier source of entertainment news for over a century. Since 1905, the most influential leaders and decision makers in entertainment have turned to Variety for timely, credible and straightforward news, analysis and perspective — taking our readers behind the cameras, curtains and screens of film, television, theatre and digital media with our unique, award-winning combination of breaking news reporting, insightful deep dive think pieces and engaging, must-read feature spotlights. Variety’s commitment to our community- covering its successes and failures in equal measure- is unparalleled both domestically, in our US entertainment capitals, and abroad, across the rapidly changing international entertainment landscape

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.