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Detroit Free Press seeks business reporter

The Detroit Free Press — Michigan’s largest media organization — is seeking a Business reporter to cover a statewide beat focused on the intersection of government, politics and business.

The successful candidate would easily produce high-level journalism — across multiple platforms with a focus always on digital-first products — from breaking news to complex enterprise trend stories and investigations deployed in innovative ways.

The successful candidate should excel at developing a personal brand on social media and also work effortlessly across department lines in a team approach to big stories.

The Free Press is looking for an outside-of-the-box thinker with veteran experience on a Business desk.

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.

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