Retail/Restaurants Reporter

The St. Louis Business Journal is seeking a reporter to cover restaurants, retail and the supply chain. We want someone eager to tell the stories of St. Louis’ ambitious community of restaurant entrepreneurs and well-known retail companies as they navigate a post-Covid economy. On the restaurant side, this reporter will cover not only openings and closings, but the strategy behind the risks and investments restaurateurs must make in order to grow their businesses. On the retail side, they will track St. Louis-based brands such as Energizer, Anheuser-Busch, Purina, Post Holdings, Build-A-Bear and Panera Bread. In addition, this beat will also explore St. Louis’ position within the global supply chain — its proliferation of warehousing and shipping operations, its abundant transportation infrastructure and efforts to boost the region’s stature as a centrally located transit hub. The ideal candidate will blend traditional journalism skills — source building, sharp news judgment, interviewing prowess and scoop-driven reporting – with online and social media know-how. Reporters in our newsroom don’t just deliver transactional news. They break hard news that sometimes sources don’t want brought to light, but they don’t burn bridges. Enterprise reporting matters. Tenacity is a must.