Work the fertilizer beat!

[CarlSpackler]

Can you write about ****? Lots of ****? Then this may be the gig you've been looking for! It's really ****ty!

http://www.journalismjobs.com/Job_Listing.cfm?JobID=1443281

Description:

ICIS is looking for a reporter to add to our growing team in Houston. ICIS is the world’s largest petrochemical pricing service, offering unrivalled coverage of global energy, chemical and fertilizer markets. We have a global team of more than 600 people with bureaus in London, Houston, New York, Washington, Mumbai, Singapore, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Tokyo and Moscow.

Key Accountabilities/Responsibilities:

Cover fertilizer markets, producing daily and weekly price assessments, market analysis, real-time news and in-depth analysis stories, plus contribute to monthly market reports
Analyze supply, demand and trade data
Develop sources among key industry participants
Travel to industry events in the US and around the world

 

[Baron Scicluna]

You'll spend a lot of time interviewing these kids:

 

[zagoshe]

I thought this may be a job covering the Penn State beat or something.

 

[KJIM]

It's a job opening. That's something.

 

[Football_Bat]

A lot of crude oil goes into the manufacture of fertilizers. Less available for gasoline.

It would be a better world if good old cow**** was used instead.

 

[HejiraHenry]

I knew a guy in Chicago who made a ton of cake writing about underground tanks.

What the hell, it's a (day) job.

 

[Tom Petty]

i thought it was a cubs beat writer gig.

 

[old_tony]

Does anyone else find it amusing that Carl Spackler started this thread?

 

[CarlSpackler]

Yes.