WSJ seeks a housing reporter

The Wall Street Journal is looking for an experienced and agile reporter to cover the U.S. housing market. You will find distinctive, original stories, deftly mixing knowledge of data and policies with on-the-ground reporting in communities across the country.

Housing stories are consistently among the Journal’s best-read and hit the intersection of real estate, the economy and finance. This beat offers an enterprising reporter the chance to delve into economics, local politics, immigration trends, emerging technologies, and anything else that is determining where people want to live and is driving home prices.

Some background in the subject matter is helpful but not necessary. You should have a passion for the subject and a demonstrated ability to break news, generate story ideas, and translate in-depth reporting into compelling storytelling accessible to a broad readership.

You should be eager to collaborate with other reporters across bureaus and welcome the opportunity for travel.

This job will be based in New York and reports to the Real Estate Bureau Chief.

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.