Full-Time

Detroit News seeks a business reporter

The Detroit News seeks a determined and curious business reporter to join its dedicated team of journalists — emphasis on team — to cover the Michigan economy and major companies outside the core auto industry.

The successful candidate will generate compelling enterprise stories on Michigan’s complex economy, its businesses and their leaders to reveal critical issues relevant to our readership in Michigan and nationally.

The successful candidate also would be able to do fast-paced reporting to break stories on a variety of subjects with our award-winning business & autos team. Comfort working collaboratively is strongly desired.

Applicants should provide a cover letter, resume, work samples and references to Senior Editor/Business & Columnist Daniel Howes at daniel.howes@detroitnews.com with “business reporter” in the subject field. 

MediaNews Group Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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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