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WSJ seeks health and science reporter

The Wall Street Journal is looking for an experienced journalist to join our Health & Science team covering health and medicine.

We are looking for a reporter who can unravel the complex societal, economic and ethical issues on this beat, which includes the practice of medicine, the burden of disease, and the challenges for our mental-health system. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of handling breaking news under deadline pressure, nailing big scoops, and producing ambitious, revelatory enterprise journalism.

The job requires the ability to think creatively about storytelling in a variety of forms, from long-form narratives to videos, podcasts and graphics.

The right reporter will have the opportunity to produce memorable, high-impact journalism on health issues that are central to our economy, our society and the lives of our readers.

Experience covering health or medicine is a plus but not a requirement. The job is based in New York.

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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