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Daily Memphian seeks economic development reporter

The Daily Memphian is looking for a versatile reporter who can deliver breaking news, quick turn-around features and longer-range enterprise stories on issues of growth, economic development and new businesses in a thriving metro area that has been experiencing strong growth and development.

The Economic Development & Growth reporter must be able to work collaboratively with other departments to break news on companies entering the market and existing businesses expanding in the market while also monitoring several economic development engines that focus on recruiting and tax incentives. You must be able to spot trends, connect dots and write deep-dive stories about economic growth in the area.

Read more about The Daily Memphian here:

If you want to join our team, send a one-page cover letter explaining why you are the best candidate for the position you are interested in, along with your resume, to Ronnie Ramos, editor, at rramos@dailymemphian.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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