WSJ seeks municipal finance reporter

The Wall Street Journal seeks a reporter to cover credit-ratings firms and municipal finance.

The reporter will track the research issued by the ratings firms as well as the ongoing litigation related to their performance in the years leading up to the financial crisis. The reporter will also play a key role in the paper’s coverage of municipal finance, an increasingly important national issue in the wake of Detroit’s bankruptcy filing.

The reporter will be expected to break news and generate enterprise features out of a challenging beat that is a critical part of the country’s financial system.

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

To apply, go here.