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Chicago Tribune seeking biz reporter

he Chicago Tribune business section seeks an experienced business reporter and lively writer to cover these companies and other packaged foods, beverage, restaurant and grocery operators.

The successful candidate will be able to look beyond corporate decision-making to chronicle the broad impact of the food business on our readers’ lives. This is a beat that requires an eye for anthropology as well as economics. Consider how Food Inc. directly relates to such crucial issues as obesity, marketing to children and the Venti Latte.

As a member of our award-winning team, the food writer will toggle between writing breaking news for the web and print and reporting out sophisticated, in-depth pieces. Applicants should have a track record of breaking news, spotting trends and producing watchdog stories.

If you’re up for a challenge and a great beat, please send via email clips, resume and cover letter to Michael Lev, Associate Managing Editor/Business, Chicago Tribune at MLev@tribune.com.  Subject heading: Food reporter.

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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