SmartMoney looking for health care reporter

SmartMoney magazine, the personal finance magazine operated by Dow Jones & Co., is looking for a reporter to cover personal finance topics, with a focus on medicine and health care.

The ideal candidate should be able to conceive, report and write short stories to longer features and having an ability to think broadly about stories and trends is a must. An expertise in medical reporting is a plus.

At least three to five years’ professional journalism experience required.

If you’re interested in the position, please send your resume, suggested story pitches and three to five clips that showcase your writing and reporting skills to julie.allen@dowjones.com.

Allen is the editorial coordinator of the magazine, and the position would be at the News Corp. building in midtown Manhattan.

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.