WSJ seeks stocks reporter

The Wall Street Journal is seeking an innovative and energetic reporter to cover the U.S. stock market.

This New York-based reporter should be able to write quickly about what’s happening and why it matters. The reporter should also be able to write authoritatively about bigger market themes and trends on the horizon.

The successful candidate is excited about markets reporting, comfortable with change, willing to rethink what a “story” is, and tenacious about realtime news. This role will report to the U.S. Stocks Editor.

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.