Staff Reporter

The role

A reporter will cover developments across health, wellness, fitness, healthcare, and consumer health businesses. This includes reporting on funding, company launches, executive moves, and industry trends.

What you will do

• Write timely articles covering companies, funding, acquisitions, leadership changes, product launches, partnerships, and research.
• Maintain a consistent publishing cadence by identifying, reporting, writing, and publishing stories throughout the week.
• Monitor industry sources, company announcements, regulatory developments, and emerging trends to identify news.
• Build relationships with founders, executives, investors, operators, and other industry insiders.
• Analyze news to understand why it matters and what it signals about the broader industry.
• Proactively develop story ideas, follow leads, and pursue original coverage.
• Work with editorial and creative teams to identify insights for newsletters and social content.
• Verify facts, check sources, and ensure stories are accurate and published on deadline.

Required qualifications

• Roughly 2–5 years of reporting or writing experience at a publication, newsroom, trade outlet, or relevant media organization.
• Excellent writing, interviewing, and research skills.
• Experience developing sources and conducting original reporting.
• Strong business curiosity and news judgment.
• Ability to publish consistently on deadline without compromising accuracy or quality.
• Familiarity with digital publishing and the demands of a daily news cycle.
• Interest in a hands-on, individual contributor role focused on reporting and writing.
• Interest in health, wellness, fitness, healthcare, consumer brands, or technology.

Nice to have

• Direct experience covering health and wellness

About the company

Fitt Insider breaks down the business of health and wellness for operators, executives, and investors through content, newsletter, podcast, and research.