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WSJ seeks personal finance columnist

The Wall Street Journal is seeking a columnist to cover personal finance from New York.

The successful candidate will be the leading voice on personal finance matters in print and online, have a deep knowledge of personal finance, an eye for spotting news and a proven ability in writing insightful and engaging columns that would be of interest to investors and casual business readers in the U.S. and elsewhere. Must have written columns for major national publications for at least 5 years.

This role will report to the Deputy Editor, Markets & Investing.

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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  • is this an April Fool's joke or just something that was in WSJ's approval process before, you know, they cut all the personal finance writers last week?

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