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WSJ seeking legal beat reporter

Joanna Chung, who is the law bureau chief at The Wall Street Journal, sent out the following job announcement on Tuesday:

The Wall Street Journal’s Law Bureau is looking for a driven, experienced journalist to cover New York’s enforcement agencies. The person will lead coverage of investigations emanating from the U.S. Attorney’s offices in Manhattan and Brooklyn, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the New York state attorney general and the Manhattan DA. This is an enterprise position, and the right candidate will be expected to deliver substantial scoops and smart stories for all parts of the paper and online that go well beyond reporting what the agencies disclose.

Previous reporters on this beat have helped break news on the government’s investigation into insider trading, terrorism, political scandals, cybercrimes, money laundering and tax scams, and those will continue to be priorities for the beat. Candidates should have a track record of significant scoops and a proven ability to develop deep sources. Also required is the ability to drive coverage while working closely with reporters across the paper.

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.

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