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WSJ seeks investigative data reporter

The Wall Street Journal is seeking an experienced data reporter.

This person will be based in New York City and contribute reporting and data analysis to enterprise projects and breaking news coverage, with an emphasis on business and finance reporting.

Working with data should be second nature to this person, who will be expected to immerse themselves in short-, medium- and long-term stories at one of the largest news organizations in the world. This person would mine dozens of complex data sets on topics including commercial and investment banking, bonds, executive compensation, corporate mergers, equities and options prices and millions of U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filings.

This job requires the ability to analyze millions (or billions) of rows of data, as well as technical proficiency in at least one programming language.

Please include a resume, cover letter and up to five published clips with your online 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.

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