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Augusta biz publication seeks reporter

The Buzz on Biz, a division of Morris Publishing Group, has an immediate, full-time opening for a multi-media business journalist.

Our goal is to provide useful and reliable information to help business readers make important decisions for their companies and to help readers understand the impact of news on their firm.  That news will be delivered how, when and where readers want it and remain accessible in the process.

We offer our employees an outstanding benefits package including a generous paid time off program, 401k with a match, health insurance, mileage and cellphone reimbursements, as well as learning and development opportunities.

 STATEMENT OF THE JOB: Gathers news and information in multimedia formats for “Buzz on Biz”, a print, digital, radio and TV content platform with set daily, weekly and monthly deadlines for each format. Responsible to produce content in a timely manner from various community locations.

The mobile reporter develops local news via tips, sources and direct assignment.   Initial on-scene content should flow credible enough for direct publishing to the Web when necessary.  Additional work to increase value, context and quality of the content for digital and print usage is expected to follow first content push to digital.

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.

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