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AP seeks gambling industry reporter

The Associated Press is seeking a full-time gambling industry reporter in Las Vegas, with a focus on strong beat reporting, source development and accountability journalism. The reporter must be able to work across departments and formats, especially video.

He/she works with the news editor to set beat agenda and develop aggressive spot and hard-edged enterprise reporting for the AP’s global newspaper, online and broadcast audience.

work with the news editor and the regional editing desk to ensure that the AP is aggressively pursuing breaking news and providing agenda-setting coverage of the Nevada gambling-tourism industry.
identify and develop stories that break news and have impact.
write and report compelling enterprise for state, national and global audiences.
execute those stories in a timely fashion.
report and write on deadline in competitive situations.

To apply, go here.

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.