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WSJ seeks consumer products reporter

The Wall Street Journal is searching for an experienced reporter to cover the consumer products industry, a global business that touches nearly every person’s life every day.

The beat ranges from giants like Procter & Gamble and Estee Lauder to upstarts like Birchbox and Dollar Shave Club. This isn’t just a beat covering companies or products; the ideal candidate will explore the ripples of global trade and unpack consumer behaviors.

This is a beat that requires a reporter who can generate original story ideas, dig for enterprising features and break news on closely watched companies. The ideal candidate will have several years of experience covering a business or finance beat.

This position is based in New York.

Online applications should include a cover letter, resume and up to five published clips.

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.