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BusinessDen.com seeks a reporter

BusinessDen.com, an online business news site covering Denver, seeks an experienced reporter to join our growing newsroom.

This position would cover a variety of beats, from residential real estate to tech startups to new restaurant and retail leases in the hottest parts of town.

We’re a subscription-only publication and have thousands of paid subscribers because we break news that’s valuable to their day-to-day business lives. Denver has been in a decade-long boom, and there’s no shortage of interesting tips to chase.

Here are some stories we’ve broken in recent months: Russell Wilson’s record-breaking home purchase; the fraud case against a former state treasurer nominee; and Stan Kroenke’s development plans for land surrounding the Denver Nuggets and Colorado Avalanche’s home arena.

Applicants should have at least three years reporting experience, including experience with daily deadlines, and a demonstrated interest in business news. You will scour public records and, critically, develop sources by meeting in person with key players on the beats we cover.

BusinessDen is a profitable, growing website founded in 2015. Our stories regularly appear in the Denver Post, which licenses our content. We have a 15-year-old sister site, Richmond BizSense, in Richmond, Virginia.

Benefits include health insurance, a retirement plan with company match and generous paid vacation. Staff receive free gym memberships and ski passes.

To apply, email a resume, cover letter and clips to editor Thomas Gounley at thomas@businessden.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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