Posted By Mark Scarp

Financial Industry Reporter

Hearst Connecticut Media Group, including the Greenwich Time, Stamford Advocate, Connecticut Post and Danbury News-Times newspapers, is reopening its search for a financial industry reporter to blog, break stories, investigate and lead coverage of the high-end financial services industry and community in Fairfield County, Connecticut. This is a full-time, staff position.

The beat will include hedge funds, investment banks, private equity, insurance, and financial instruments and commodities trading. A major focus will be on the people involved in the industry and those affected by it.

The successful candidate will be an excellent people person, able to develop sources and establish a constant flow of information from a traditionally closed-mouth community. He or she must have strong familiarity with the industry and a high comfort level in reporting on complex financial and economic matters, interacting with C-level executives and high-net-worth individuals, and translating it all into compelling copy for our newspaper and online readers.

Excellent story-crafting skills are a must, as is experience with online reporting through blogs, Twitter and Facebook, etc., as well as traditional news Web sites.

Requirements include boundless enthusiasm for the beat, a bachelor’s degree, outstanding business clips in his or her portfolio, and the ability to juggle multiple print and online assignments and deadlines.

The position will be based in Greenwich, Conn. Please send resume and clips to business@scni.com, subject line: Financial Industry Reporter.  Deadline is Sept. 10, 2010.

[SABEW use: Job posted 08/19/2010]