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Dallas Business Journal seeks senior tech reporter

The Dallas Business Journal, the primary source of local business news for Dallas-area executives, is seeking a senior reporter to cover technology in North Texas.

The position will focus on fast-growing middle-market companies, along with large public and private firms through a financial lens. The region is home to tech giants such as AT&T, Texas Instruments and Alliance Data Systems, along with a flourishing startup community and everything in between.

The primary mission: Be the go-to source for technology coverage in one of the most competitive media markets in the nation.

Key duties of the position:

  • Break news by identifying companies and executives who are or will become difference-makers
  • Cultivate trusted relationships with technology sources, along with financial sources serving the sector, to deliver exclusive content
  • Contribute analytical stories for the weekly print edition, including a branded reporter hub page
  • Develop and grow your audience across all platforms, including social media

Knowledge and skill requirements:

  • Strong analytical and investigative skills demonstrated in previous reporting positions
  • 3 or more years of professional journalism experience
  • Working knowledge of financial and business news is a plus
  • Comfortable working with television and radio, as our reporters are often on-air guests
  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Qualified applicants can forward a cover letter, resume and five work samples to:

Jeff Schnick
Editor-in-Chief
Dallas Business Journal
jschnick@bizjournals.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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