Reporter, Venture Capital, Private Equity

This position will be Hybrid in the office/market 3 days per week, and those days can be flexible in consultation with your manager.

Atlanta Business Chronicle seeks a reporter at the center of the city’s fertile ecosystem for private equity and venture capital. This reporter will also cover how investment flowing from deals within this ecosystem fuels Atlanta’s growing startup community.

A reporter on this beat must possess strong traditional journalism skills: source building, sharp interviewing techniques, strong analytical and investigative reporting experience, clear writing, and document use – with online and social media know-how.

Scoops are vital to owning this beat. Scoops establish the reporter’s credibility with this audience, which includes influential newsmakers and firms in the world of private equity, VC and startups.

Atlanta Business Chronicle is one of the largest publications in the American City Business Journal network. A Business Journal reporter is the beating heart of the organization and the business, with the vital task of pumping information and life into our content.

First and foremost, reporters on this beat must establish themselves as the go-to source of news, data, and perspective for the growth of private equity, VC and startups in Atlanta. The top mission: Own the audience, by every measure.

Atlanta Business Chronicle reporters on the venture capital and private equity beat are expected to contribute from five to seven short-form (daily online posts) and long-form (print) stories for our news products every week. They are expected to break important hard news online and use print and video to tell the story behind the headlines, providing deeper analysis of newsworthy events.