Bloomberg BNA seeks agriculture reporter

Bloomberg BNA seeks a reporter  to perform general assignment and beat reporting and write in-depth analytical pieces on agriculture and food safety issues. RESPONSIBILITIES: Employees of this classification perform most of the following, as assigned: Develop and cover assigned beat(s). File breaking news alerts, intraday stories and final write-throughs. Develop and maintain sources in the government […]

Wall Street Journal seeks central bank reporter in Japan

The Wall Street Journal is looking for a reporter who can get ahead of the competition and write insightfully about economic and central banking issues in Japan. The country has been a laboratory for some of the most radical policies among developed nations in recent years because of its aging population and frugal consumers. The […]

NY Times seeks trade reporter in DC

The Washington Bureau and Business Day of The New  York Times are looking for a reporter to cover trade in the Trump administration. You would be expected to break news on this fast-moving beat, focusing on the dramatic changes proposed to trade agreements. You would collaborate with reporters across the U.S. and the world to […]

Coverage: Consumer spending grows in April

Americans increased their spending in April at the fastest pace in four months, bolstered by a solid gain in incomes. Martin Crutsinger of the Associated Press had the news: The strong results underscored expectations that the economy is poised to rebound after a lackluster start to the year. Consumer spending rose 0.4 percent in April after […]

MarketWatch.com seeks a housing/banking reporter

MarketWatch is seeking a housing/banking reporter to cover this vital sector of the economy. The role will focus on the interaction between housing and markets, and the reporter will be asked to cover economic data, Congressional developments, earnings from major companies, lobbying and more in an engaging and visual way. Examples of stories would include […]

North Carolina paper seeks business reporter

The Citizen-Times in Asheville, N.C., part of the USA Today Network, is looking for a top-notch journalist to dig into our economy. This is more than a business beat. The right candidate will be able to spot trends, connect dots and tell bigger stories about how the economic engines of this region is changing by […]

Coverage: Fed says economy is nearly ready for another rate hike

Federal Reserve Board monetary policymakers indicated they were ready for another small interest rate hike if economic data strengthened as expected following a weak winter, according to minutes released Wednesday of their most recent meeting. Jim Puzzanghera of the Los Angeles Times had the news: Analysts said the minutes showed the Fed remained on track for at least […]

Coverage: Moody’s cuts its rating of China

Moody’s Investors Services downgraded China’s long-term local and foreign currency issuer ratings on Wednesday, citing expectations that the financial strength of the world’s second-biggest economy would erode in the coming years. John Ruwitch of Reuters has the news: The downgrade by one notch to an A1 rating from Aa3 comes as the Chinese government grapples with […]

A Quartz reporter who also writes his own code

Jon Keegan of Columbia Journalism Review interviewed Quartz reporter David Yanofsky, who codes to use data visualization and graphics to help tell stories. Here is an excerpt: What’s your favorite kind of challenge in a story? I like finding sources of information that are seemingly under-utilized by people in journalism. With stream gauges, if there was a […]

Minneapolis econ reporter moves to city hall beat

Adam Belz, economics reporter at the Minneapolis Star Tribune, has moved to the paper’s metro desk to cover Minneapolis City Hall. Belz joined the Star Tribune in 2012, after stints at the Cedar Rapids Gazette and Des Moines Register. His first full-time newspaper job was at The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, after he started […]