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WSJ seeks a tech & family columnist

The Life & Arts section of The Wall Street Journal is creating a new weekly column focusing on technology and families. We are looking for an authoritative columnist who will set the agenda on the impact of new technologies on child development, teenage life, intergenerational relationships and family life in general.

As the first generation to grow up with the iPhone, today’s kids are rewriting the rules of childhood. Social media and artificial intelligence are shaping their identities and defining their relationships in entirely new ways.

The ideal candidate has been a beat reporter who has dominated their coverage area with original ideas, an authoritative voice and engaging writing. An understanding of how technology works is secondary to an ability to conceptualize fresh and lively columns. We envision this column having a major video component, so skill and comfort with video storytelling is a plus.

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.