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Baton Rouge Advocate seeks business reporter

The Business Writer is responsible for producing business-oriented breaking news and features, writing people/business profiles and doing consumer-oriented articles.

The primary beats are state and local economic development, along with workforce issues. A bachelor’s degree in journalism or a related field is required with a minimum of three years’ prior news or daily publication experience preferred. Knowledge of digital media and demonstrated ability to learn and use new technology is required.

The successful candidate must demonstrate good news judgment, language skills and accuracy, and must be organized and able to work independently, generate story ideas and demonstrate analytical skills. Must have own vehicle. Clips submitted should reflect the ability to do in-depth projects, analysis and/or investigative stories as well as spot news and features.

To apply: Send resume to hr@theadvocate.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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