WSJ seeks municipal debt reporter

The Wall Street Journal seeks an ambitious journalist eager to cover the exciting municipal debt market.

Between Detroit’s record bankruptcy and the troubles of Puerto Rico, municipal bonds are anything but sleepy these days – it’s where financial chaos is bubbling up all over the country.

Candidates must have experience reporting in financial markets, must understand what a bond is, and must be able to break news, follow a hot story, and conceptualize and write strong, complex features for the most prominent displays on the WSJ news platforms.

Please attach a resume, cover letter and three to five published clips to 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.