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Albany Business Review seeks government reporter

The Albany Business Review is seeking a dynamic reporter who is in journalism for the thrill that comes with breaking news, owning a beat and the satisfaction of writing meaningful enterprise.

The Albany Business Review covers government from the outside looking in, concentrating on reporting how the actions of government affects small business, with an emphasis on taxes, regulation and economic development policy.  When we do cover politics it is through the prism of how it impacts business.

That said, our priority is finding the right reporter for our newsroom more than a government reporter, and we may realign our beat structure to match up the reporter’s interests with the needs of our readers.
The Albany Business Review is an American City Business Journals news organization with a wonderful opportunity for an experienced reporter in our Albany, N.Y. newsroom. If you are an energetic reporter with a passion to break news every day and inform readers, this is a great place for you. We need reporters who thrive in a fast-paced environment.

You must come with a love for news and a determination to do great journalism. In our newsroom we emphasize context and clarity. Our reporters become authoritative voices on topics of importance to the business community.

Our reporters break news daily online, write deep enterprise for our weekly edition, connect with readers via social media, and take photos and videos to accompany news reports. This is a newsroom where you can do the best work of your career, reach a national audience and be a vital news source for the local business leaders while living in a quality, affordable community with mountains, lakes and some of the greatest cities near by.

Our next reporter will have strong critical thinking skills; a deep commitment to story structure and clarity in writing; a devotion to source building, sharp interviewing skills. Our next reporter will be intensely competitive.

Our reporters must:  Own their beat.  Build source network relentlessly. Break news daily online online  and write engaging, informative and indepth enterprise. Take on any other assignment made by manager(s). Work cooperatively and collaboratively with all colleagues and professionally with sources.

Check out our website at albanybusinessreview.com. Find out more about our company on the careers page at acbj.com

Send your resumes and cover letters by email to editor Mike Hendricks at mhendricks@bizjournals.com

Chris Roush

Chris Roush was the dean of the School of Communications at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. He was previously Walter E. Hussman Sr. Distinguished Professor in business journalism at UNC-Chapel Hill. He is a former business journalist for Bloomberg News, Businessweek, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Tampa Tribune and the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. He is the author of the leading business reporting textbook "Show me the Money: Writing Business and Economics Stories for Mass Communication" and "Thinking Things Over," a biography of former Wall Street Journal editor Vermont Royster.

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