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WSJ seeks a hedge fund reporter

The Wall Street Journal is seeking a reporter to cover global hedge-fund business.

The $3.2 trillion industry manages the fortunes of some of the world’s wealthiest people, but also the pension funds of police officers, firefighters and teachers across the U.S. Their huge war chest means hedge funds move markets.

They also move companies to make changes, such as ousting executives and cutting jobs. The people at the top of hedge funds are some of the most interesting in the financial world.

We are seeking a top-tier reporter and writer on this beat. The successful candidate has excellent sourcing skills, the poise to handle professional-grade push-back, the finesse to connect dots on stories the subjects don’t want you to tell and a sophisticated understanding of the world of high finance.

This is a hard job, but an essential one at the Journal’s core.

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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