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Wall Street Journal seeks immigration reporter

The Wall Street Journal is seeking an experienced, ambitious reporter to cover one of the most high-profile and competitive beats in journalism: immigration.

The reporter will be expected to break news, and deliver enterprise documenting the impacts on individuals and industries of a U.S. immigration system undergoing historic change.

Narrative storytelling skills are crucial, as well as the ability to connect power moves in Washington to the world outside– from the melon fields of Yuma, Ariz., to the tech campuses of Silicon Valley to the refugee centers of the Midwest and East Coast.

Economic issues will anchor the Journal’s coverage of the topic, but successful candidate will also get beyond the numbers and familiar arguments to give voice to a variety of perspectives.

The reporter will collaborate with beat reporters across the Journal; willingness to work as part of a team is essential. Spanish language skills and experience covering immigration are preferred. The job is based in Los Angeles, but will require some travel.

Applicants should send a resume, cover letter and five published clips.

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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