WSJ seeks consumer health reporter in New York

The Wall Street Journal is seeking a reporter to join Life & Arts to cover consumer health.

The beat will focus on newsy personal health trends with an emphasis on mental health (stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, Alzheimer’s) and men’s health. The beat will also include health news and trends around wellness, diet, unregulated supplements and alternative medicine.

The reporter will write mainly newsy features and work closely with our “Your Health” columnist and our corporate health reporting group.

At least five years of beat reporting experience, ideally covering a health-related topic, is required. Please include a cover letter and at least five clips in your application.

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.