WSJ seeks reporter to cover futures exchanges

The Wall Street Journal is looking for a reporter to cover the world of futures exchanges.

It is an all-encompassing beat with responsibility for everything from company performance to market structure to regulation to margin calls.

The names on this beat — Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange — loom large in the world of finance, and with good reason. They own the markets that help set the price of everything from interest rate futures to oil.

To cover them we’re looking for someone who has deep experience in these areas, is a flexible self-starter with a good ear for the issues that have the industry buzzing, and can write.

Applications should include a resume, cover letter, and up to five published clips.

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.