Arkansas Democrat-Gazette seeks a business reporter

The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is looking for a business reporter.

The primary assignment is covering the trucking businesses based in Northwest Arkansas — ArcBest, JB Hunt, PAM Transport. Secondary is general assignment business reporting.

The reporter would work at our Springdale office and report to the business editor in Little Rock.

A candidate should have some newsroom experience. We typically require at least one year at a daily newspaper, but internships can stand for the right person.

To apply, send clips, resume and a cover letter to business editor Jim Kordsmeier at jkordsmeier@arkansasonline.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.