Crain’s Chicago seeks government/political reporter

Crain’s Chicago Business is hiring for a newly created position — government/political reporter.

The successful candidate will be a key part of expanding team of top-quality journalists.

Job responsibilities:
• Report and write daily stories about the City of Chicago and other levels of government that affect our readers.
• Create in-depth stories on a longer term basis.
• Collaborate on the presentation of stories, including identifying data for graphics and coordinating photography and video.
• Appear on behalf of Crain’s Chicago Business at events and in other media.

To apply, go here.

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.