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WSJ seeks a Hollywood reporter

The Wall Street Journal seeks an entrepreneurial, experienced reporter to cover the film business, from the major Hollywood studios to the talent agencies, unions, theaters and myriad other players. It’s an exciting and challenging time for the industry, as shifting technology, new competitors and evolving consumer behavior upend convention.

Incumbent studios are merging or otherwise trying to figure out how to thrive as tech giants command an ever larger share of the public’s attention and money. Tech’s arrival in Hollywood is also changing the calculus for producers, directors, agents and actors. As streaming services expand their influence, even defining a “movie” is becoming an open question.

As the woes of MoviePass illustrate, theaters are also contending with industry changes. Studios’ efforts to tap into foreign markets is also likely to remain an important story line.

Experience with the subject matter, though welcome, isn’t required. Candidates should be eager to learn about Hollywood and be able to bring both business sensibility and cultural acumen. They should have a proven ability to break news and deliver enterprise journalism. We are also looking for people open to different forms of storytelling.

The job is based in the Los Angeles bureau, which boasts some of the best views in the Journal’s empire. Candidates should be comfortable collaborating closely with other reporters, both in L.A. and around the world.

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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