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Boston Globe seeks business reporter

The Boston Globe is seeking a reporter who will be covering local business, as well as national and global news with regional implications. Beat to be determined depending on the candidate.

Responsibilities:  Reporting and writing breaking news and enterprise pieces for print and online.

Qualifications: Skillful writing — as well as rock-solid reporting — is essential for this position. We’re seeking someone who has ability to not only convey important news, but to do it in a sophisticated and entertaining manner that will engage a wide range of readers, not just those immersed in the business world. We are looking for a storyteller who is precise and prolific, and willing to adapt to the accelerating pace of change in a modern newsroom.

Required skills and experience: An English or journalism degree and a minimum of 5 years covering business for a daily newspaper.

Send resumes and materials to: Andrew Caffrey, andrew.caffrey@globe.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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