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Denver Post seeks business reporter

The Denver Post is seeking a seasoned, agile reporter to join the Business News desk.

The ideal candidate will be a solid, experienced reporter with a creative, sophisticated approach to story development. Our primary needs are in oil and gas and other areas of energy development, including clean tech, as well as aerospace and transportation.

Bonus points for CAR and mapping skills that can be translated to our growing online audience. Along with your resume and references, please share the work that best showcases your writing and story development skills with Business Editor Dana Coffield, dcoffield(at)denverpost(dot)com.

Essential Functions:     

  • Develop news sources and look for and create news story ideas in coordination with assignment editors.
  • Research, observe and conduct interviews over the telephone or in person to gather pertinent information for news stories.
  • Interact with the public in a professional manner.
  • Organize information and write a clear, concise, interesting and grammatically correct story while meeting deadlines.
  • Be able to seek out and report news for immediate publication on The Post’s digital platforms or for print publications.
  • Discuss story formulation with editors and edit or rewrite stories, as necessary.
  • Ability to collaborate with other staffers, editors, photographers and videographers in coming up with ideas and executing assignments.

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s Degree in a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • At least 5 years experience at daily news organization.
  • Experience using video reporting (or, a willingness to learn)
  • Demonstrated proficiency with social media tools
  • Strong reporting and writing skills
  • Ability to multi-task and work quickly to meet deadlines
  • Must have a valid driver’s license to travel to reporting events
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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