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Florida Today seeks business reporter

Florida Today is looking for an ambitious reporter who wants to help lead coverage of the local business scene. That includes everything from entrepreneurs to Fortune 500 corporations, to writing about issues that affect mom-and-pop retailers to consumers. Primary topics include employment, housing, tourism and economic development.

It is seeking a reporter who’s eager to find the best business story of the day and run with it, aimed for 1A or a Sunday cover.

This reporter must be a quick learner and a clear storyteller, and be experienced using all the tools at a journalist’s disposal such as social media and video, and who understands the importance of immediacy, particularly on the business beat. We want someone who can get the business news first.

Please tell us why you are the right person for this job and include five to seven samples of your published work. We offer a competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, vision, vacation pay, 401(k). Florida Today is committed to diversity and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Employment is contingent on passing a pre-employment, post-offer drug test and acceptable motor vehicle record.

Florida Today is located on Florida’s Space Coast – the home of Kennedy Space Center and the famed Cocoa Beach.

Send cover letter, clips and resume to News Director Mara Bellaby at  mbellaby@floridatoday.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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