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Austin Business Journal seeks reporter

The Austin Business Journal is seeking a government/courts reporter who can marry strong traditional journalism skills – source building, sharp interviewing techniques, strong analytical and investigative reporting skills, clear writing, document use – with online and social media know-how.

Duties: Reporters here are expected to contribute both short-form (daily online posts) and long-form (print) stories. Candidates must be able to scoop competition around the globe mercilessly and own the news-producing intersection of where the public and private sectors meet. This takes serious source-building/maintaining skills and the ability to dive into paper trails. We’re seeking someone who can dig up ahead-of-the-curve business intelligence within local governments, chambers of commerce and the courts. Primary stories revolve around new business regulations proposed, incentives deals, bankruptcies/lawsuits, rezonings, etc. A couple of the currently most-read business stories coming out of City Hall: Google and AT&T’s high-speed Internet race and Austin’s trouble with ridesharing companies like Lyft and Uber.

Skills: Thorough and efficient reporting and crisp writing; ability to work independently and remotely; ability to break news and to identify newsworthy events and sources; strong analytical and investigative interviewing skills; ability to relate comfortably to a wide range of people, in person and online, and to develop sources and audience; competitive, collaborative, curious; solid understanding of news writing, journalistic ethics and story structure; ability to leverage relationships with sources to deliver content that differentiates the ABJ from competitors. Our biggest difference: EVERYTHING we publish seeks to make someone money, connect them to someone they should know, or teach them how business gets done. We don’t chase Web clicks, yet we’re a powerhouse among the American City Business Journals chain.

Experience: Proven experience as a journalist building, maintaining and engaging an active audience. Knowledge of business and/or Central Texas business landscape a plus. Experience with using social media to source and promote content also a plus.

How to apply: Please email resume/clips to Editor Colin Pope at cpope@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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