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Business First of Louisville seeks photojournalist

Business First, an American City Business Journals online and print news operation in Louisville, Ky., seeks a photojournalist who can tell visual stories for both print and online products while working collaboratively with staff members and the business community.

Qualifications:

– Ideal candidate is an experienced news photographer who delivers balanced, well-composed, well-lit, expertly color-corrected photographs;

– Looks for fresh angles and innovative visual presentations;

– Has excellent people skills for working with all types of businesspeople, ranging from top-level executives to entry-level workers;

– Is self-motivated and has outstanding organizational skills in order to manage multiple assignments at one time;

– Is driven by his/her curiosity as much as breaking news.

Duties:

– Leads photography and video efforts for Louisville Business First, which publishes daily online reports, slideshows and videos, a weekly print edition and more than a dozen special publications;

– Manages photo processing flow across all formats, which involves communicating with news staff members on assignments, scheduling and shooting assignments, editing and color-correcting shoots, writing cutlines, filing and/or posting finished images;

– Works with the design and multimedia editor in championing new storytelling formats;

– Participates in daily and weekly news meetings and any other planning sessions as required or requested by editors;

– Works collaboratively with editors, reporters and designers;

– Works closely with editors and designers to produce compelling visual packages;

– Trains reporters and newsroom staff on digital photography;

– Attends and photographs Louisville Business First events;

– Meets deadlines;

– Continues to learn and expand upon his/her skill set.

Please send a link to samples of your work, a resume, salary expectation, and a cover letter detailing why you’re a good fit for the photojournalist position to Business First design and multimedia editor Brooke Timmons at btimmons@bizjournals.com (Please put “PHOTOJOURNALIST RESUME” in the e-mail subject line.) Or mail your information to 455 S. Fourth St., Suite 278, Louisville, KY 40202. No phone calls, please.

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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