WSJ seeks reporter in Atlanta

The Atlanta bureau of The Wall Street Journal is seeking a curious, creative and experienced reporter to cover the alcohol and tobacco beat, including the hottest thing in smoking: e-cigarettes.

The beat includes such topics as the return of high-octane drinking, the new love affair with bourbon and how those affect the big booze companies; which bourbon maker will be the next acquisition candidate? It will include covering big beer (Budweiser and Miller) and craft beer (Sweetwater and Nitro) and everything in between. It will involve the efforts of Big Tobacco to rejuvenate traditional smoking even as innovators and investors are pushing the new style of “vaping” by launching new e-cigarette companies, some of which are already getting swallowed up by the big guys.

This beat will involve predicting and covering all the efforts that revolve around a bad habit that appeared to be on its way out. The beat will involve examining the corporate players, breaking news about the action and writing news-breaking trend stories, sometimes in collaboration with colleagues around the world.

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

To apply, go here.