Wall Street Journal seeks ad agency reporter

The Wall Street Journal is looking for a reporter to cover Madison Avenue.

The Journal is expanding its coverage of advertising and marketing and this position is dedicated to coverage of chief marketing officers inside corporate America.

The CMO is a high-stress, crucial position at most big companies, often lasting only a couple of years. Every time a CMO changes, the companies’ marketing strategy often changes as well.

The successful candidate will have five years’ experience covering advertising and marketing and the ability to write breaking stories, blog items and features.

Please attach a resume, cover letter and three to five published clips to your online application.

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.