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Cape Cod Times seeks a business reporter

The Cape Cod Times, an award-winning daily newspaper in Hyannis, Massachusetts, is looking for a full-time reporter to cover the region’s dynamic business and nonprofit sectors, including the tourism, fishing, retail and real estate industries.

Applicants should have experience using spreadsheets and data to advance stories, be capable of humanizing that information, and be able to produce content for both digital and print audiences.

The Times business reporter must be prepared to break news, analyze trends and profile businesses and the people behind them. The successful candidate is an aggressive and self-motivated journalist who will produce clean copy and hit deadlines.

Daily newspaper experience is a must, as is a willingness to work flexible shifts when necessary. Digital and social media experience, demonstrated knowledge of public records law and a track record of cultivating and maintaining great sources required.

Please submit a cover letter, resume and at least six clips of your published work to News Editor Patrick Cassidy, pcassidy@capecodonline.com.

Deadline to apply is June 24. Salary is commensurate with experience.

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.