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WSJ seeks Asia finance reporter in Hong Kong

The Wall Street Journal is looking for an experienced reporter to cover mergers and acquisitions, IPOs and the business of investment banking in Asia. The successful candidate would be expected to lead our coverage of Wall Street banks in the region, as well as break news of mergers and IPOs, with special emphasis on the investments that are funding China’s booming technology industry.

This position is a core markets and finance beat at the world’s leading financial publication and as such is highly competitive. Asia produces some eye-catching M&A, including Walmart’s $16 billion takeover of Flipkart and HNA’s disposal of assets including its 25% stake in Hilton Hotels. U.S. investors are lining up for stakes in technology companies such as Ant Financial, Bytedance and Didi — a flood of capital that has fed a host of innovative business ideas but also a fierce, cash-burning competition that promises a brutal day of reckoning. Meanwhile, China is at long last opening up to U.S. financial institutions. How much ground can they really make up?

We are interested in all of these issues and more. Applicants should be strong source builders with a track record of scoops, excellent news judgment, and the ability to write insightfully about the world of money.

​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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