Reporter, Business

Fox•Columbia, NY

24d•$75,000 - $90,640

About The Position

The Fox News Media team seeks a general assignment Business Reporter to help cover a broad swarth of stories with a particular focus on pocketbook issues, the economy, government spending, corporate news, personal finance, retirement, money, career, as well as hot lifestyle and money trends. Your reporting will be published on FOXBusiness.com and Foxnews.com. THIS IS NOT AN ON-AIR ROLE.

Requirements

5+ years of experience covering business news at a national digital news organization.
Understanding of traffic metrics via Chartbeat, Adobe or similar programs.
Curiosity about the nation’s biggest companies, trends and business newsmakers including CEOs, investors, entrepreneurs.
Be skilled at turning stories on tight deadlines or breaking news, delivering scoops.
Close familiarity with mining social media platforms and forums including Instagram, X, Facebook, Reddit for news.
The ability to identify trending news or viral trends impacting, or being of interest to, Fox Business readers.
Experience shooting/editing your own videos.
Embrace video, audio and other non-text storytelling formats.
Bachelor’s degree in journalism or related field of study is preferred, or equivalent experience.
Great team play and can-do spirit.

Responsibilities

Pitch daily and weekly original stories and work efficiently to report, write and submit articles under deadlines.
Familiarity with monitoring social media platforms, Reddit, podcasts and forums for the latest breaking or trending news items of interest to FOX readers.
Monitor earnings conference calls for the news beyond the numbers.
Work in tandem with our FOX Business Network colleagues to cover breaking news and/or newsmaker segments.
Collaborate with a great group of hardworking colleagues across digital verticals.
Ability to multi-task in high pressure environment.